The final installment.....

Just a few random, final thoughts that didn't fit in any other post, so you get them now!!

The Scenic Drive signs are so cool, very retro looking, but I must say, they didn't seem as easy to follow as I would have expected them to be.

Really? OK, so it doesn't ACTUALLY say anything bad, but the intent to fool your eyes in undeniable, would you agree? This is a store right in the middle of Union Circle. I'm just saying...

My sweet girls braving the SF Bay "breezes" down at Fisherman's Wharf" beside our beautiful "energy conserving" red H3!!

I love that down at the Wharf they have collected trolley cars from all over the world that tun up and down the waterfront - the girls liked seeing which one was coming next!!

Approaching the Golden Gate bridge at dusk - the fog appeared to be coming back in - at this point we were still in the car, thus creating some cool movement in the picture!

Closer to the base AND out of the car! Without the tripod, it was still a little hard to eliminate all the movement because of the long exposure, but we all agreed the shot looked pretty cool anyway!

rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat........

So, after all the fun, wine, chaos, wine,family, wine, celebrations, wine of the last several days, it was back down to the five us us, packed into our "fuel efficient" red hummer H3 and headed to the big city!! To say that San Fran gave us an accurate sampling of it's infamous weather - just because it's in California and it's on the coast, doesn't mean it has to be warm and sunny!! Ever!!!

Of course we had to drive the girls over the Golden Gate bridge - not that you could see it that day!! Glad we weren't trying to fly anywhere that day - the fog was serious!! Safety awareness zone - darn tootin'!

Speed limit 45? In this fog? We might have been going 25 at our peak!

I swear there is a great big bridge in there somewhere - it's red, it shouldn't be that hard to see!

A slightly better glimpse!

Spoke too soon!

Of course you have to check out the trolley cars when you are in San Francisco!

Lombard street - a must see also! The windiest street in the US (or so they claim!), it is beautiful with all the flowers and the cute little row houses!

And a fabulous view!

we decided it was be really fun to sled down - too bad they never get snow!!!

they do work hard to keep all the landscaping looking nice - it's hard to get stuff to bloom year round!

I thought the prettiest flowers were the ones on the front of this house - the picture really doesn't do it justice, but they were a really bright mulberry color!

I final glance at where we had come from!

Of course Lombard Street isn't exactly a secret, so you can wait in line quite a while if you don't know the short cuts to get to the top! More tomorrow..