San Francisco - Thursday

Thursday, Feb 19th

We left our house at 6am for the airport. Luckily, everything was on time and we arrived in San Francisco around noon. It helped that we gained two hours on the way out there! (not so good on our way back though) Jody picked us up from the airport and had Jackie and Jonah with her. They had arrived a couple hours earlier. She took all of us to our hotel so we could get checked in and freshen up a bit. Then, we went to a cute café for lunch. Afterward, we met up with Kester (Jody’s husband now), Lisa, Danny, and Reagan (Jody’s sister, brother in law, and their daughter). We went to Crissy Field along the bay. It was beautiful there. There’s a beach area that Reagan loved playing in and a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove up to the bridge and then walked across part of it. It’s amazing how big it is!

Next, we did some sightseeing around the city. We drove past Fisherman’s Wharf, and down Lombard Street…which is America’s crookedest, and very steep street! We stopped at China town and walked through it. There are some great stores with good souvenirs for good prices. We definitely wanted to come back to do some of that later. Jody dropped us off at the hotel so we could rest up a bit before the evening events. We stayed the first night at Best Western Tomo. It was very nice…modern with some Japanese style. The staff was very friendly. I would stay there again.

At 7, we met at a trendy makeup store, Benefit Cosmetics. Jody won a pampering package from them. There were a bunch of her friends that met up with us too. We each received one free service and had our makeup done. It was lots of fun and all Jody’s friends were very friendly and fun to hang out with! Afterwards, we met up with the guys at a bar/restaurant for dinner. It was a wonderful, but long day…we were glad to get back to the hotel since it was two hours later by our clocks!