Great corner, at Columbus Ave and Kearny St
After three days driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco I arrived on Stanford University campus to return the rental car and meet up with my brother. I really enjoyed the drive north on the highway 1, but to be honest I could have spent another day or two doing it a little slower and walking some of those epic beaches I witnessed up the coast. I would happily do that drive again!
I arrived in San Francisco and was greeted by my brother, his wife and their two children; my niece and nephew! It was my first time meeting these two and they were amazing!! Over the next few days they warmed up to me a little and we had a lot of fun getting to know each other. Truly it was a real treat to get to hang with the whole family, as they welcomed me into their home and we got to catch up quite a bit. Personal highlights included getting the whole family into the hot tub one evening and a great wild night with my brother late in the week.
During the week, while kids were at school and family was working, I made trips into San Francisco which is about an hour by Caltrain from Palo Alto. This gallery contains photos from two trips into the city. On the first visit I walked the Embarcadero which wraps around the north end of the city on the water. I walked from AT&T Stadium to Pier 39 where things get quite touristy, so I cut in to the city hopping a cable car to the top of Nob Hill where I had a poke around. I then walked down to Market Street at explored downtown before hopping the Caltrain to get back for dinner in Palo Alto.
On my second visit to the city I tried out the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART which had just returned to work after a strike. I rented a bicycle near Pier 39 with the plan to ride towards the Golden Gate Bridge and perhaps over the bridge to Presidio. As I approached the Western facing area of the bridge I was met with a wall of fog, I could not even see the bridge! I slowed my pace as since the bridge was fogged in I had decided not to ride over it. Soon after I realized that my rental bicycle had a flat tire! So I had to walk the bike back to the shop, fortunately I was able to exchange the bike at another rental shop not far from where I was. Thus I decided to drop the wheels and walk across the city back to the Caltrain station. I walked Columbia Ave through to the Financial District stopping in at the Thirsty Bear Brewery for a pint before heading back to Palo Alto for dinner and time with the family.
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Found Stanford Campus
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Awesome Nephew!
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Apple II signed by Woz!
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Hoover Tower at Stanford
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Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
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Huntington Park
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Nob Hill
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Met my brother at Standord
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Oakland Bay Bridge
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San Francisco Cable Car
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Grace Cathedral
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Tesla at the charging station
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Saints Peter and Paul Church from Washington Square Park
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The Stinking Rose, a garlic restaurant
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Great corner, at Columbus Ave and Kearny St
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Grace Cathedral
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Alcatraz Island
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Great corner, at Columbus Ave and Kearny St
After three days driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco I arrived on Stanford University campus to return the rental car and meet up with my brother. I really enjoyed the drive north on the highway 1, but to be honest I could have spent another day or two doing it a little slower and walking some of those epic beaches I witnessed up the coast. I would happily do that drive again!
I arrived in San Francisco and was greeted by my brother, his wife and their two children; my niece and nephew! It was my first time meeting these two and they were amazing!! Over the next few days they warmed up to me a little and we had a lot of fun getting to know each other. Truly it was a real treat to get to hang with the whole family, as they welcomed me into their home and we got to catch up quite a bit. Personal highlights included getting the whole family into the hot tub one evening and a great wild night with my brother late in the week.
During the week, while kids were at school and family was working, I made trips into San Francisco which is about an hour by Caltrain from Palo Alto. This gallery contains photos from two trips into the city. On the first visit I walked the Embarcadero which wraps around the north end of the city on the water. I walked from AT&T Stadium to Pier 39 where things get quite touristy, so I cut in to the city hopping a cable car to the top of Nob Hill where I had a poke around. I then walked down to Market Street at explored downtown before hopping the Caltrain to get back for dinner in Palo Alto.
On my second visit to the city I tried out the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART which had just returned to work after a strike. I rented a bicycle near Pier 39 with the plan to ride towards the Golden Gate Bridge and perhaps over the bridge to Presidio. As I approached the Western facing area of the bridge I was met with a wall of fog, I could not even see the bridge! I slowed my pace as since the bridge was fogged in I had decided not to ride over it. Soon after I realized that my rental bicycle had a flat tire! So I had to walk the bike back to the shop, fortunately I was able to exchange the bike at another rental shop not far from where I was. Thus I decided to drop the wheels and walk across the city back to the Caltrain station. I walked Columbia Ave through to the Financial District stopping in at the Thirsty Bear Brewery for a pint before heading back to Palo Alto for dinner and time with the family.
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