San Francisco/Berkley

Family trip to Northern Cali

Our family rented a cabin on Dillon Beach. We rode bikes every day of the trip, riding almost 50 miles total. We explored San Francisco, UC Berkley campus, the redwoods, and Napa Valley. It was a lot of fun! (But sometimes stressful:) Our new family favorite restaraunt is Squat and Gobble in Haight and Ashbury, our new family skill is foot high fives on bikes. It was much colder than we expected somedays, but finally warmed up the last day.

Golden Gate Botanical Gardens

The squirls are very friendly in the Golden Gate Botanical Gardens, one crawled on my knee:)

The Muir Woods

We visited the Muir Woods, a national park with giant redwoods. At one point, the girls and I turned a corner to find a park ranger standing on a stump giving a lecture about the forest. He was young, with a long beard, big ranger hat, and hippie vibe. We all said at the same exact time "Elliott in 5 years!"

Napa Valley

The last day of our trip, we went on a 20 mile bike ride around Napa Valley. The weather was perfect and the ride was pretty easy (not a lot of hills). Some of the estates were centuries old and welcome visitors to explore their gardens. It's a beautiful place.