Santa Cruz Trips

San Francisco Hotel: Galaria Park Hotel, 191 Sutter Street, nice beds (angela loved the pillows), in the financial district near union square (shopping) and china town, long walk to the bay but we made a day of it and saw the sites along the way. …

The San Rafael Market was beautiful: fresh fruit and veggies, seafood, meats, baked goods, lots of samples, art, crafts, jewelry, all types of food stands, live music, and even a bouncy room and a face painting clown for the kids! We had a …

JUNE 29th!!!! Time to wrap everything up and get on my way! I pretty much finished my packing last night, there is just a few more things I need to add. It is seriously difficult deciding what to pack! Sara spent a lot of time putting some …

Tom and Nella came from Toronto to visit Tom's brother, Jasper, in Palo Alto. We spent four days around Palo Alto, on the Coast, in San Fran, and in Napa. It was the 2nd time in the area for both of us, and again we were impressed - this is …

Here I am standing in front of the Penguins at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. During my day we saw plenty of mysterious looking fish, sea kelp, jellyfish, and my favorite was the sea otters. I wish I would of gotten a picture of them getting fed …

We left work on Friday at 3:00 pm. After a couple of quick stops we were on the road by quarter of four. Traffic wasn't *too* bad on the way there. Our trusty GPS had us find the hotel with no problems. We picked hit hotel because it was within …

We are here!!!! After traveling for nearly 11 hours, we finally arrived in San Francisco! Wow what a great city. After checking in at Radisson Hotel , fishermans wharf we took it easy for a while since the hours are really messed up and we …

Nearly 6 months of planning and off we go. My wife as chief driver and myself as navigator make a good team. I did forget to mention that I had read that left turns are nearly impoosible in San francisco. Oops. Hard knox learning. We bi-passed …

We drove from the mid-west to San Diego- wanted to do the road trip thing and check out Calie. If I had it to do over again, I would of just flown in and rented a car to drop off in San Fran before returning. The drive from Kansas to Calie …

Things to bring: water, Mala Cake, Yam, Beef Bow, Sanwitch, beach umbrella(perhaps). Wake up in the 7:30 AM in the morning. Trying to wrap up most of my stuff before heading for beach. However, Jeffrey woke up right after me. Even, I had try …