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Day 11-
Pretty casual day today, got up bright and early at 6 am and hit the road for San Fran, the GPS said it was a 10hr trip! We stopped for brekky at a nice healthy petrol station for jack in the box! Back on the road again there wasn't much to see, the country side changed pretty quickly from the desert the rolling green hills of the west coast again, actually looked a lot like NZ. The highways are pretty unreal you can cruise at 130km/hr and with 2 lanes you never get stuck behind trucks. Emms "automotive narcolepsy" kicked in almost immediately, I swear before we even got outa Vegas she was gone! Stopped for our debut of Taco Bell for lunch, which unfortunately made Emm a bit sick tonight. When we finally got San Fran we checked in to the Coventry inn, pretty average unfortunately and on a busy road so quite noisy, but will do for 3 nights! I then went and found a laundromat to do some washing and got some dinner.. Pretty crazy night! Up and off to Alcatraz in morning so amped for that! Forecast is rain though..
Mr and Mrs McPhee xo
Day 12-
Little sleep in this morn! Have been finding it super hard to get up lately, this doing b***** all all day takes it out of you, am not looking forward to going back to work! So walked bout 30mins down to pier 33 where we picked up the tickets for the ferry to Alcatraz, then grabbed some brekky. Boarded the ferry to Alcatraz and got some sweet happy snaps of the Golden Gate Bridge and "the rock" that is the prison. The day was a bit overcast and is definitely starting to get colder as we get further into the trip, the high in Calgary where we will be in 2 weeks was - 16deg today haha, can't wait. Alcatraz was unreal! Watched a cool presentation and took this audio tour where you get headphones and for like an hour it walks you through the prison and talks you through it at the same time. After the trip we went for a look round fishermans wharf and ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp from Forrest Gump movie, very cool and great food. We then went for a bit of a drive this arvo and did a lil shopping. Ate dinner tonight in Chinatown delicious! Plan for tomorrow.. Hire bikes and make this big bridge our b****. Night all
Mr and Mrs McPhee xo
Day 13
Very lazy day today! Was pissing down when we woke up so stayed in bed late and chilled out, pretty nice for a change. Left hotel just before lunch and went to the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) for brunch, lots of choice and soo good! After that we reluctantly went for a drive over the world famous Golden Gate Bridge! Would have been amazing if we could have seen a damn thing, fog was so thick that while on the bridge you could hardly see the beams on the side haha. Went to the little historic town Sausalito on other side of bridge for a peek then went back to the room. We attempted a drive to the Westfield mall in the centre of San Fran but was absolute mayhem and couldn't even find a parking centre so left it alone. For dinner we went exploring down to fishermans wharf near pier 39, similar shops to Venice beach. Had dinner at a skuxe crab restaurant over the water, pretty fancy. I got a surf and turf thinkin I was gonna get steak with a few prawns, but I got a steak with a whole bloody crab on top. Now the novelty was great and it was delicious but ive decided that unless I'm hunting/fishing and if I'm paying for it, I prefer it ready to eat. Was too much hassle! Wandered round pier 39 again then hit the hay, pretty quiet day!
Mr and Mrs McPhee xo
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Erin Simpson Did Emm get the runs?