City by the Bay
We just got back from a great week in San Francisco. Heather was speaking at an education conference, so we stayed a few extra days to see the city. When it comes to vacation spots - San Francisco is tough to beat.
On word of caution… summer means nothing in this town. The first night we were there, the temperature dropped to 48 - in JULY! However, it sure beats the Texas heat. Although we mostly walked everywhere, we did rent a car for the day so we could drive a few places. We were shocked to find out they had given us a yellow BUG! It was actually a pretty fun little car to drive around the city. Best of all, we never had trouble finding out car in the parking lot!
Here we are in front of the museum, where they were showing a special exhibit on Women Impressionists.
From there, we hit the road and headed to Yosemite. Neither of us had ever been there and thought it would be a fun day trip. While it offered some fabulous views, I would offer you a word of advice: if you decide to hike up to Vernal Falls, pack lightly. It is only a mile or so, but it seemed like it was a mile straight uphill! Carrying a tripod and backpack full of camera gear does not make for a pleasant experience.
The walk to Mirror Lake is a much more flat walk (on a paved road). On the way back, I decided to take a shot of the stream running alongside the road. I ended up climbing out across the wet rocks, then had Heather hand me the camera gear.
In hindsight, this could have very easily led to disaster… but we lucked out and made it back to shore in one piece (and dry).
Now I get to start the fun job of sorting through all the images and deciding what to do with all of them!
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