San Fran (Aug 6)

Raspberry Roll

Nate woke up to move the car and found a bakery that he thought looked good but didn't open until 8. I slept in until 11. We made a trip out to the parking lot down the street where our car was to grab some stuff and on the way we stopped at the Delicieuse Princesse Bakery and had a raspberry ring and coconut roll. YUM! They were both delicious but the coconut roll was my favorite. It was a soft bread with a moist flaky coconut filling (almost like an Almond Joy filling).

We went into San Fransisco for the day. It was a beautiful day for the zoo. The sun was out but on the coast it was cool and breezy. We enjoyed talking to the African bird lady who had a lot of neat information to share about the ibis that she looked after. We also got to see a zookeeper feeding the hungry hungry hippos. As the zookeeper threw heads of lettuce and bok choy the hippo would wade through the water to gobble it up in one bite. His favorite treat at the end was a whole honeydew! The zookeeper walked closer to the hippo he opened his mouth as wide as he could and then the plopped it right on his tongue. He sunk back into the water and as he chopped all the honeydew seeds floated to the surface. We had some recommendations to eat at In-N-Out burger. It lived up to it's expectation s! It was the first burger Nate and I have had that didn't need ketchup. It's fries were fresh cut, and we also enjoyed the cashier's suggestion for a Neapolitan milkshake.

See the smoke to the right oh the mountain?

The Golden Gate Bridge was fantastic. It was chilly on the shore line but weathering the wind was worth the view. In the distance, between Alcatraz and the bridge we saw dark smoke and thought that something must be on fire! When we watched the news later that night we found out that it was a Chevron refinery in Richmond that had some explosions. They expect that it will raise gas prices up to 40 cents. We missed visitors center but still enjoyed exploring some of the trials, before going over the bridge. I know it's just a bridge but there was still something very exciting about driving over something so historic. We parked on the other side to snap some more pictures of the bridge and the city, before heading out for the hotel. On our way we saw another In-N-Out and stopped for a late night snack. That's right! Twice in one day, that good. 

Next stop Yosemite