Day 12: San Francisco
Hey y’all!! Sleepys back with another 10/10 amazing blog.
Hold onto your seats and get ready to hear about our awesome day full of
adventure and amazing food in San Francisco.
Our day started with an awakening at around 6:30 am to leave
for the world renowned Cliff House. We got to meet Chef Kevin Weber who showed
us around and treated us to some delicious pop-ups with strawberry and lemon
marmalade. After we filled up, we headed to the city to explore.
First, we visited the Fisherman’s Wharf to take a group
picture and listened to some amazing research on the Pacific Ocean, Alcatraz,
Cannery Row, and more! After a group session, we all split up and headed out to
the city for some exploring.
Groups went all over, some went shopping, others eating, and
some just exploring the city. Most of TWB made a break for their first In-N-Out
experience while others went for some famous street-style clam chowder in a
bread bowl at Boudins in the Fisherman’s Wharf area. There were a huge variety of shops with
amazing deals (some of us copped some $4 t-shirts lol).
There was so much to do in the city it was hard to decide.
Many groups decided to catch a trolley to Ashbury or to see the famous Painted
Ladies and Full House house! After some exploring on our own we met up in
Chinatown to feast family-style on Grant’s dime at Far East Café. We got to
explore some more after dinner before meeting up at 6 for the big bridge, so
some kiddos headed to Ghirardelli to treat their sweet tooth with some famous
$12 hot fudge sundaes. Yummy.
Finally the big
moment arrived as we walked across the Golden Gate Bridge as a family. The world famous bridge took of breaths away,
the view was amazing. From the bridge you could see the all of San Francisco
and Alcatraz. Many of us strolled across the bridge singing to the top of our
lungs, stopping to take pictures and just taking in the sheer beauty of the
Golden Gate Bridge. After out 2 mile trek we stopped to take more pictures with
the bridge in the background. Luckily our rides were waiting for us on the
other side so we didn’t have to walk back across.
After a long and exciting day we headed back to Lake Side
Presbyterian Church for another night on the outskirts of San Francisco. Thanks
to our 3 minute showers we will have an early night so we will be ready for an
early morning drove to Yosemite National Park.
Chilin
On the Pier 39 in San Fran
Sophie presenting Pacific Ocean
"The Rock" aka Alcatraz
View of the city from Pier 39
Alyssa and Nick presenting San Francisco
"Fancy"
Lauren and Morgan presenting The Cliff House
Emily presenting the Fisherman's Wharf
Gabe presenting Lombard St
Gracie presenting Chinatown
Olivia presenting the Golden Gate Bridge
Dopey Group
Happy Group
Grumpy Group
Sleepy Group
Sneezy Group
Bashful Group
Golden Gate Bridge
The Majestic Chinatoen
Friends enjoying Chinese food at the Far East Cafe, a TWB tradition
Egg Rolls!
Good Food, Great Friends
Chop Sticks
Cheese
Dining Out
How was the food?
The Far East Cafe
The Counselors
Yay, ice cream at the Baked Bear!!
Dina and Carson wearing the new earrings they got today in San Fran!
Anya posing in front of the bridge
TWB Family
Heel clicks all around
Excited about the sights
Tyler and Zy'lice posing with counselor Whitney
Best Friends
800,000 tons of fun
Caroline, Abigail and Mady
The City
Our lovely counselors
Great pals
Caroline, Anya, Gracie, Audrey, and Sophie posing after the walk
Group Pic!!
Fisherman's Wharf in San Fran
Lombard Street- one of the curviest in the world |
On to Yosemite tomorrow, goodnight to all!