After the temple, we headed to Muir Woods National Monument. This was definitely a highlight for me. I loved everything about it – the sights, the sounds and the smells! It smelled so fresh and I loved the peaceful solitude of being in nature. It was perfect. Mark and I went off the boardwalk and …
Oakland California Temple
This was such a fantastic day – and it was our fifth anniversary! Mark and I have been separated the last two anniversaries {due to schooling obligations} and it felt so good to be together! We wanted to make this day extra special and decided to leave the city. We rented a car for the …
Ghirardelli Square
We then walked down to Union Square and were amazed at all of the fancy shopping they had! It was fun to window shop and see the displays of the many stores. After doing that for awhile we decided to grab the bus and head back up to Ghirardelli Square. We got some dinner and …
Alcatraz Island
This was such a busy, great day! We grabbed some breakfast and then headed down to Pier 33 to catch the ferry to Alcatraz Island. We were both really excited for this part of the trip. The ferry ride was fun and Alcatraz was fascinating. The audio tour was so well done and learning and …
Golden Gate Bridge
After our museums, we hopped back on the bus and headed to the Golden Gate Bridge. It ended up being later than we had hoped and we didn’t have our jackets and with the sun going down it was getting pretty chilly so we didn’t stay long- we will definitely have to go back another …
California Academy of Sciences & de Young Museum
For Mark and I’s 5th Anniversary we headed to San Francisco and absolutely loved it! We decided YEARS ago that we really wanted to go on a trip for our five year anniversary and I am beyond happy that we have actually done it. Mark had never been to San Francisco before and I had …