February 20, 2010
Arrived in San Franciso and decided the best way to get around and see the most was with our bikes. We drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and found a parking spot. It was funny getting ready because we were both so exhausted and sick, but we really needed to do this..so away we went.
Ok...this was really neat to see, but it was a little windy up there on our bikes (which didn't really help my hibbie-gibbies..don't tell Bill I was scared up there!!)..We got to see Alcatrz which was cool, we also drove by San Quentin (bad boyz there). We did see some surfers under the bridge, a few guys out kiting at Ocean Beach.
Biking in San Francisco was really cool. You know all those high speed chases you see in the movies where the guys go flying down huge hills and get airborn a few times on the way down well all of downtown San Francisco looks like that and you should try it on a bike.....We rode our bikes to the famous Haight/Ashbury corner and saw the last of the hippys still walking around in their barefeet...
I really liked the look and feel of San Francisco as far as a big city goes.
Hope things are going good back home for everyone!
PS CA you are right about this trip fireproofing our marriage. Being with your spouse 24/7 in a small space is a challange no matter how much you love the person. You just can't get away from each other...you are either in the van together or in your 12 feet of living space together. I have really given it some thought and decided that the three most important rules you have to follow are the three C's...
Communicate (as you we not always both on the same page), Compromise(as we both have different things we want to do or see) and Co-operate (we are getting much quicker at setting up and taking down our site and sharing the daily tasks ..mixing it up....I am getting really good at backing up the van to the hitch and hooking things up) and there is a forth C that comes in to play some days...Crap...I can only think of 2 days we have expirenced Crap since we left, so that is not too bad..... Grandma Reid (and Uncle Phil) sent us an email today that said "love each other until your ears fly off....just not while you are driving!"..... sounds like good advice.
Deb:)
Arrived in San Franciso and decided the best way to get around and see the most was with our bikes. We drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and found a parking spot. It was funny getting ready because we were both so exhausted and sick, but we really needed to do this..so away we went.
Ok...this was really neat to see, but it was a little windy up there on our bikes (which didn't really help my hibbie-gibbies..don't tell Bill I was scared up there!!)..We got to see Alcatrz which was cool, we also drove by San Quentin (bad boyz there). We did see some surfers under the bridge, a few guys out kiting at Ocean Beach.
Biking in San Francisco was really cool. You know all those high speed chases you see in the movies where the guys go flying down huge hills and get airborn a few times on the way down well all of downtown San Francisco looks like that and you should try it on a bike.....We rode our bikes to the famous Haight/Ashbury corner and saw the last of the hippys still walking around in their barefeet...
I really liked the look and feel of San Francisco as far as a big city goes.
Hope things are going good back home for everyone!
PS CA you are right about this trip fireproofing our marriage. Being with your spouse 24/7 in a small space is a challange no matter how much you love the person. You just can't get away from each other...you are either in the van together or in your 12 feet of living space together. I have really given it some thought and decided that the three most important rules you have to follow are the three C's...
Communicate (as you we not always both on the same page), Compromise(as we both have different things we want to do or see) and Co-operate (we are getting much quicker at setting up and taking down our site and sharing the daily tasks ..mixing it up....I am getting really good at backing up the van to the hitch and hooking things up) and there is a forth C that comes in to play some days...Crap...I can only think of 2 days we have expirenced Crap since we left, so that is not too bad..... Grandma Reid (and Uncle Phil) sent us an email today that said "love each other until your ears fly off....just not while you are driving!"..... sounds like good advice.
Deb:)
Your marriage is definately "Fireproofed" now!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing testimony you two are!!
Love Carrie Ann
Glad to see that you two are still getting along. Nobody got thrown off the bridge so that is good. You have to try backing the van up with the trailer on it Deb. Our trip is winding down and will be heading north on Monday.
ReplyDeleteKeep hiking,biking,skiing and will talk to you soon.Doing a good job on the blog Deb but don't give away to many secrets.
Mom & Dad