Aquarium of the Bay

Again me and my mom went over to San Francisco. While we were over there we decided to check out the Aquarium of the Bay. We started the tour of "Discover the Bay", in this portion of the tour was the types of ecosystems that support the marine life of the San Francisco Bay. I am so amused by the ocean life that I could just sit and watch them all day long. Before we moved on to the sharks, there was a tank of jelly fish. I've never seen them before and I was amazed by them. Moving on to "Under the Bay", there were plenty of sharks, bat rays, star fish, whirlpool of anchovies and other types of fish. The next part we went to was "Touch the Bay" In here you had a chance to touch the bat rays, leopard sharks and other tide pool animals. The bat rays had just got done eating so they weren't in the mood to be touched. I did however get the opportunity to touch the leopard shark, who can say they've touched a shark?? I also got to touch a live star fish, it was pretty slimy. It was a short little tour but I really did enjoy it. Hope you had fun too mom!!!

San Francisco City Tour

My mom came out for a week to take care of me while I had my wisdom teeth taken out. We had a great time together and I'm glad she came. I even got spoiled which I totally loved, my mom is the greatest!!!! The day before she left we went back over to San Francisco and took a tour of the city. We rode on a big charter bus through the streets of San Francisco and if you've ever been there you know how steep and narrow the streets are.

Our first stop was the Golden Gate Bridge. My mom was watching the news and she heard them say, "People walking across the Golden Gate Bridge". She then asked me if you could and I didn't know. Well on our first stop we got to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. I was pretty awesome. It was foggy up there so we could see to far. I wanted to walk to the center of the bridge and look over the edge and take a picture. The closer I got to the edge the more scared I got. I put my hand and camera over the edge and this is what came out. So now I can say that I have walked on the Golden Gate Bridge.

We then drove through Golden Gate Park. We didn't get out but it was a beautiful park. You could spend a whole day in the park, exploring everything that it has to offer.

Our next stop was a place called the Twin Peaks. Here you could look out over the city of San Francisco and see the Bay Bridge, AT&T Park and Candle Stick Stadium. It was to foggy so the pictures didn't turn out that great.

We then drove to see what was left of the Victorian Homes. I can't believe how close the houses are here. All of the houses are 1 inch apart due to some type of fire code. The blue house is where Kindergarten Cop was filmed. The red house that I'm standing in front of just sold for over 2.5 million dollars. This park area was also where the beginning credits of Full House took place. When they were having the picnic outside. Inside this park was a shoe garden. Someone left their shoes in the park and the gardener took them and planted plants in them. Now everyone leaves shoes there.

The tour continued through Chinatown but the streets were so narrow that we didn't get a chance to get out and look around. I guess that will be the next time I go over there. We then drove through the financial district which is made up of banking and insurance. Our last stop was Lombard Street and is known as the most crooked street.

After the tour ended we walked up the street a few blocks the famous Ghiradelli Square. Ummm so much chocolate!!!! We didn't spend too much time there only enough time to buy a bag a chocolate.

After we got a small fix of chocolate we walked down the Fisherman's Wharf and had the famous In-and-Out Burger. Unfortunately I didn't get a hamburger because of my wisdom teeth so I just sucked on the fries and watched my mom eat her protein hamburger (w/out bun). We walked down the streets looking in and out of the shops. We trekked it 2 miles up the pier to the BART to call it a day. Thanks for such a great day mom!!!!

Wisdom Teeth

I waited a tad bit too long to get my wisdom teeth out, but the dentist told me that I could keep them so I did. Well unfortunately I developed TMJ (lock jaw) and my wisdom teeth would touch before the rest of my teeth did so I had them taken out yesterday. I was so scared that I kept dreading it. I had some nasty nightmares the night before and butterfly's like I never had before. My mom flew in to take care of me, thank goodness. The doctor gave me some happy gas and an IV and the next thing I knew I was waking up. I didn't feel a blasted thing, thank goodness but I sure am feeling it now. I've gone through plenty of gauze pads!!!!! I've always had a round face and the swelling isin't helping either. My cheeks are starting to swell up, making it look like I'm storing food for the winter. I wish I would have gotten my wisdom teeth out when I was younger, cause this stuff sucks!!!!

Pier 39

Julia had never been over to San Francisco, so I took her down the Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf. We rode the BART (Public transportation) over to there. When we got on the BART, we were on the wrong train that was headed to Richmond. We got off and luckily enough we didn't have to wait long for our train. Julia freaked out when she found out that the BART goes beneath the Pacific Ocean to get over there. You really don't know until your ears plug up. Anyways after we got off the BART we had to walk 2 miles down to the Pier. I had shoes on but my socks weren't high enough, so I had some brutal blisters developing. Before they could get out of control I bought some flip flops to relieve the pain. We ate at a pizza resturaunt there on the Pier that had crappy service but the pizza was good. We did plenty of walking, shopping and people watching. After all was said and done we had to truck it back to the BART in hopes of not dealing with the rush hour traffic.

Giants vs Cubs

Julia came into town because she was dying of heat stroke in Arizona, so she decided to come up and enjoy the Bay Area weather and atch a Giants game. The weather was perfect for the game even though there was a slight breeze in the air. We rode the ferry over from Alameda to AT&T park. The ferry dropped us off right outside the gate which was totally awesome. The game was great too, the Cubs lost in the 9th inning but they made a great run for it. Our seats we up there but the view was amazing. Living in Idaho you don't get to experience stuff like this. We rode the ferry back to Alameda, the Bay Bridge was lit up as well as the city, but the pictures didn't turn out that great.

Boyz II Men

So we all remember junior high and how we loved Boyz II Men, well I got to expeience that excitment all over again by seeing them in concert. They were playing at the Alameda County Fair, which is located in Pleasanton, CA. I went Steve and his wife, I work with Steve at school. It was so blasted hot outside and I didn't think we were going to get in because the line was extremely long. We did end up making inside the amphitheatre and had some really good seats. They had two shows that night so they only played for an hour. Unfortunately there was only 3 of them instead of the 4. The guy that has the really deep base voice is no longer with the group.