We left on Wednesday morning on Amtrak...
... and it rained for most of the train ride. Though as the train climbed high in the mountains of Oregon, the rain turned to heavy snow ...
.. and when we woke up the next morning it was brighter with palm trees. The ride from Seattle to San Francisco took about 23 hours.
The sun was shining for our whole stay in the Bay Area. Here's Henry at Ghiradelli Square ...
... before climbing aboard a WW2 submarine ...
and wedging through the different rooms on board.
At the Exploratorium, Henry seemed to float in mid-air!
On Friday, we rented one of these tiny cars to cruise around and see the sites of San Francisco !
Our first stop was the Presidio for a beautiful view of the Golden Gate
After returning the car we took a bus out to "Twin Peaks" and did some semi-urban hiking up the hill to a beautiful view - of the city to the north, the Bay to the east, and you could see the ocean to the west...
... here's the view of the City from the top of Twin Peaks.
After that we rode the Cable Cars...
... and then went to a custom-made ice cream sandwich shop !
On Saturday we rented a car and went down the coast to Monterey, Carmel, and Big Sur. We had lunch on the beach ...
... and drove down the ocean highway for some amazing view ...
... and we got out and climbed on some rocks right on the coast.
Before flying back to Seattle on Sunday we stopped in the John Steinbeck Museum in Salinas and Henry got to sit in a Model T Ford. It was a fun trip with great weather and beautiful sites!
