Old Fashion Family Vacation

I titled this an Old Fashion Family Vacation because a few weeks ago my parents, John and I flew out to San Fran to visit Stephen sans Buck and Brock.  We had a great time and covered 925 miles in the rental car in just five days...nothing was going to slow us down....not even missing our flight out there (but that's a different story)!  Let's see a quick summary of our trip...Yosemite National Park is absolutely beautiful (go there if you haven't already), Highway 1 and Point Reyes National Park, Sonoma Valley and wine country (obviously, I did not participate in any tastings), and finally the tour of San Francisco itself including a Giants game (this baseball family couldn't skip that!).  Here are a few photos to document the trip....

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias-perhaps the largest living things on Earth!

Just a little perspective...remember when Buck and I visited Muir Woods to see the redwood trees here  They are the sequoias cousin.



Our drive through Yosemite the first evening



El Capitan and Yosemite Valley at Sunset

Same view the next morning....

So beautiful!  Can you see the waterfalls in this photo?

We did a lot of hiking in Yosemite and rewarded ourselves with a nice dip of our feet in the stream.

Met up with Stephen- Muir Woods

Some things never change...

View from Hwy 1

Point Reyes National Park

Golden Gate

The Parents!  It was windy and cold!!!

Giants Game!