First off, wishing Carrie a Happy Birthday!!!
Now, here are a few pictures, ok maybe more than just a few shots from mine and David's trip from San Francisco to Seattle.
Made it to San Francisco. Checked out some sights: Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Park, Mission Dolores, and Lombard Street, The Painted Ladies, Haight Ashbury pictured here. We even get to have dinner with 2 of our aunts.
We headed out from San Francisco for the short drive up to Sonoma, California. While we were there, we checked out 2 wineries, went on a tram tour of one of them, had a sushi dinner and relaxed at the Sonoma Lodge.
After leaving Sonoma, Dave spots Charlie Brown's big head on the side of the road while we're driving north. We stop to take some pics and realize we're in Santa Rosa, CA home to the Charles Schultz museum. Thanks to Tom Tom, we find out we're only 5 minutes away and decide to make the stop to check out the museum.
Saying "goodbye" to Charlie Brown and friends, we're back on the road. We drive along the 'Avenue of the Giants' that takes us through some redwood forests. We didn't get to see the famous tree that has been carved out so a car can drive through it, but maybe next time!
After stopping to see the redwoods, we're off to drive some more. I take over the driving shift and then in Eureka, Oregon I get a flat tire :( Dave changes the tire and puts on the spare and we're left looking for a replacement. At least there was a Sears 5 minutes down the road that hadn't closed yet for the night. They weren't able to patch it, so we bought a new tire and we were back on our way!!! But not before getting this picture of Dave at Sears waiting for our new tire!
Dave was determined to get to see a sunset on the West Coast. So after getting a new tire, we find a public beach and go take a look. Here we are (I can't remember the exact name of the beach) at the Pacific Ocean to catch the last minutes of the sun setting.
Here's a picture of Dave after we made it back (finally!) to car from the ocean...after he stumbled into some swamp or who knows what...twice! Good thing it was a full moon out and that there were kids out who knew where they were going so we could follow them back to the parking lot!
Dave drives through much of the night and gets us to Eugene, Oregon. Short of our original plan to make it to Portland, but it works. I was too tired to complain. I'm just glad Dave handled the driving (up and down the mountains, twisting and turning). We find a Wendy's and a Best Western and call it a night.
Seattle! We made it to our final destination of the trip and got to spend a few days in Seattle to relax, catch the sights (including the first Starbucks), have some great seafood, and even pick up some fresh wild king salmon to bring back to Florida.
* The fish made it back to Florida and from what I hear looked beautiful and tasted great!
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