Vacation = California

Part 1

On the 24th of July, we packed up our motorcycle and headed to California so we could ride Highway 1. I was so excited because well I love to ride the bike and I had never been to California. We needed to get to Reno. In the car it is a long day. It is about 575 miles. On a bike it is a REALLY LONG DAY...I was so tired by the time we got to Reno. But what I didn't know was the excitement that I was about to find. We drove around town a little bit and then found our way out to Boomtown. As we arrived in town we came to a lightning storm. Well pretty soon we look over and in this field was a fire. It looked like it got an old bridge. Anyway, we got to the hotel and checked in by the time we got back outside to the bikes to unload our gear the fire alarm in the hotel went off. So then being the smart people that we are sat in the lobby of the hotel listening to the fire alarm for about 30 minutes. We finally got to go to our room as the alarm was still going off but we didn't care. We just wanted to sit on something that wasn't moving.

~ San Francisco


Boomtown was only about 3 miles from the California state line so I had to stop and get a picture.


Ben & his dad Brent


We stopped at a gas station just outside of San Fran and it was on Nelson drive...Cheesy I know but I had to get a picture.


Getting ready to go across the Oakland Bay Bridge.


On the Bridge...


A view of San Fran


I didn't realize how hilly San Fran is...



















This is the motel that we stayed in San Fran.


(a view from the top)

The famous Lombard Street. I had one of those "I have seen this in a movie" moments & now I am really here. It is the crookedest street in the world. It was so fun. I loved it. It was so beautiful with all the flowers.




As we were making our way down the street...I saw this house. The picture doesn't do it justice. It was so pretty.



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(a few from the bottom)


Someone just needed some time alone; from this ...



I loved seeing all the ships coming in and out of the bay.




I was just trying to get a good picture of the white ship. There was another one behind it.


This was the ship that was behind the white one. I was trying to get a good picture of it and the little boat next to it to show the size difference.

I will have to more later, I was going to try and do it all in one post but I am tired. I need to get some things together for our camping trip with Ben's work. We are going to Flamming Gorge tomorrow. I will take lots of fun pictures.