Lynn's Visit!

Shortly after Kath left Jay got to town on business and then Lynn arrived! Jay got in a night early so he got to do a little scootering around the neighborhood on his own. He got the hang of it pretty quickly - he even went down our street a little! As you can sorda tell by the picture it isn't very flat : )

Lynn's trip started fast and furious with a visit to the Berkeley Cheese Board before we even got to San Francisco! The requisite cheese rolls and Zampanos were purchased as well as a 1/2 baked pizza for dinner later in the week. After a quick stop home our whirlwind tour of SF began! Day 1 - Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach - where Lynn got a feel for just how cold the Pacific can be! Day 2 - Off to Sausalito with a quick stop at the Golden Gate Bridge for some great pictures! The bridesmaids are slowly but surely ensuring that the Alta Mira is going to work for all the festivities! We also headed up the VERY windy path for a visit to Muir Woods - a must see for all visitors! On the way back we took a little excursion and discovered Muir Beach - a great little hideaway not far from Sausalito where Mack got some time out of the car. Day 3 was spent waiting for our new fantastically wonderful spacious couch to arrive between its 10 - 2 window (it arrived at 2). Once we sat on the couch and ooohhdd and aaaahhdd for a few minutes we were off to Alcatraz. Warning for future visitors - if you want to go to Alcatraz tickets MUST be purchased early. When Kath was here they were all sold out a week ahead and thankfully for Lynn's visit I was able to get them about 4 days ahead of time. Lynn and I raced to Fisherman's Wharf just in time to grab chowder in a bread bowl and squeak onto the ferry to make our trip over to "The Rock" While everyone else was enjoying the view on the trip over we were eating chowder - they were jealous! We got in all the sites around fisherman's wharf; Ghirardelli Square, Buena Vista Cafe (no irish coffee for us though!), and the cable car - although we only looked at the cable car - no riding - line was WAY too long!! We haven't quite figured out what a good time to take folks on the cable car is - hopefully we will find out the secret to not waiting in line before our next guests arrive : )

We enjoyed a final night with Lynn and Jay at the Cliff House for a delicious dinner with a view of the ocean and sent them back to the east coast! Then we rested up and got right into wedding planning after they left!! This last weekend we tasted food on Saturday and cake on Sunday! Not to worry we weaved in some fun too. We finally made it to Stinson Beach and Bolinas - both beautiful and crowded even on a foggy day! I can't even imagine what a sunny day looks like there!

Thanks to Lynn and Jay for a fantastic visit! Our next scheduled visitors our Christina and Matt in October - Mackenzie is VERY excited!! The next posting I promise pictures of the house - now that we have the couch and the dining room table and no more empty front room : )

Love From "The Rock"