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Golden Gate BridgeSo the next morning we were up bright and early (Still not used to the time difference) to head out to Muir Woods. We got to drive over the Golden Gate Bridge! Ben took some pretty nifty pictures while I drove.
( It's sorta reddish orange )Muir WoodsMuir Woods wasn't too far after that, but it was STRAIGHT UP. So scary! We had to take this tiny wiggly road up into the mountains because it was too steep to make a straight road. I thought I was going to die. Seriously. I've never been so scared before in my entire life. I could see off the side of the mountain and I was not happy about it.
I was a shaking nervous wreck by the time we got to the parking lot. I nearly threw up. :P But the park was pretty and we had fun there. I was able to distract myself from the evil wiggly road for a good couple of hours.
Muir Woods is an old-growth redwoods forest. That means most of the trees are as old as 500-800 years old, with some of them being over 1,000 years old! As you can imagine, these are some BIG trees.
( Into the woods )We took a different road back down the mountain which was thankfully slightly less wiggly. After cleaning up a little, we drove out to Davis to meet with Kelly, a friend of mine from college. We got a little lost, but Kelly was able to guide us via cell phone.
( Me and Kelly! )We went out to eat and learned that Kelly is one the the leading experts on furries. Then we went back to her place and talked until it was late and I had to drive home.
Fisherman's WharfThe next morning with very sore feet we made our way to Fisherman's Wharf. We took the famous San Francisco streetcars, an
interesting experience. No one told me that these things frequently lose their grip on the track and roll BACKWARDS down the hills. Yeah.... not so cool.
But we survived the streetcars and made it to the Wharf where a creepy man promptly jumped out at me. It was kinda scary. Later in the day we found a crowd around the guy watching him scare others.
We first stopped at the Ghirardelli Square for some free chocolate. Mmmm, tasty! Then we headed over to the water to be tourists.
( The sights of Fisherman's Wharf )Then we started walking towards the Aquarium of the Bay. But first I had to stop at Pier 39!
( Sea lions! )So we eventually made it to the Aquarium which was short but pretty cool. They have two giant tanks, one to show the shallow areas of the bay and one for the deep areas of the bay. You walk through a long tube that goes right through the tanks! All the fish swim around you!
There were also divers in the tanks that could answer questions. I didn't know it was possible to talk while diving. So that was pretty cool too! Divers and sharks and schools of fish!
After the fish tanks, they take you upstairs to a touch tank room.I got to touch starfish, stingrays, and sharks. Unfortunately I upset the shark I touched because it later attacked Ben when he was touching the other shark. H was ok, it only bumped him, but it was still kinda scary.
The Aquarium was good but short. It didn't take long to go through at all. We ate some lunch and then went to find other forms of entertainment. This was found in the form of a bread bakery tour. That was really interesting and surprisingly fun. We even got to try some of the breads! :)
Then we wandered around a bit more until we discovered a coin-op museum. Admission was free and you only paid to see the exhibits in action.
( Fear Laughing Sal! )We made a quick escape from the evil that was Laughing Sal and drove back to the airport to return the rental car. Ben's sister picked us up and drove us to her place. We stayed with her for the rest of the vacation.
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