Kevin’s mom (Dorothy) and a family friend (Judy) came up for a visit this past weekend and we had a blast! They drove down on Thursday 3/25 and stayed until Sunday 3/28 morning. Thursday night we took them to Goood Frikin Chicken (ummm, can you tell we love that place?) and Friday morning we got out of the city for the day…destination: Point Reyes Lighthouse!
Friday, 3/26
First stop: Muir Beach overlook
They were filming a music video (I think) which was kind of neat to see…except we didn’t get down to the very edge of the cliff! 🙁
Me, Dorothy and Kevin (Judy took this from the other side of the cliff)
Dorothy, Kevin and Judy…and the gorgeous ocean!
The Visitor Center was in an old farm house…gorgeous!
Dorothy keeping the walrus in check, haha
Yum, picnic lunch!Final stop: Point Reyes Lighthouse
Dorothy and Judy taking a break from the hike to the lighthouse
They were in LOVE with that beach…but can you really blame them??
The fact that there was a Caution sign about the walk back up from the lighthouse should have made us nervous…they weren’t kidding about the strenuous part! But we lived to tell about it.
All 308 steep steps up from the lighthouse…but totally worth it!
Breath-taking view.
On the way home we drove through the town of Inverness (very cute, by the way…we’d love to check out some of the adorable bed and breakfasts there!) There was this cool old boat on the shore that I had to get out and take a photo of.
Overall, a superb day in Marin County!
Saturday, 3/27
On Saturday we stayed local and spent most of the day in Golden Gate Park.
The main attraction of the day: The California Academy of Sciences! Kevin and I had visited there when Jessie first moved up to SF (about 6 years ago!) and the museum had gone through a major renovation and reopened in 2008 so we hadn’t gotten a chance to check out the new place. It is a FANTASTIC museum and we really enjoyed ourselves.
The indoors rainforest: A 4-story rainforest complete with butterflies, macaws, frogs, and sweat (it was super humid in there!)
Kevin got this shot of this butterfly…beautiful!
Fish ‘n lily pads
Kevin also captured this awesome photo when this gecko was looking right at him and seconds before he jumped straight towards him!We got tickets to the 3pm Planetarium show (included in admission price, score!) and it was fantastic. The video was narrated by Whoopi Goldberg (who doesn’t love Whoopi??) and it was extremely informational and awe-inspiring. Plus we learned that each of us has about a teaspoon’s worth of star particles in our bodies…oooooh!
The CAS boasts of its “Living Roof” which we really enjoyed checking out…
Another picnic lunch, this time in Golden Gate Park…
Kevin juggling oranges and me goofing around.
Our only group picture from the trip:
We had SO much fun with those two and can’t wait for another adventure in the near future!
