Exploring the pier
and the pirates.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Turtles and Crabs
We watched them make the turtles outside Bourin...
Ava got a little friend to play with...
And then she ate him...not very nice!
I just wanted a picture of some fresh crabs...
The cable car on the turntable--you can see the Golden Gate bridge in the background.
We hopped off at Lombard Street
To make the trek down the Crookedest Street. I have a vague memory from childhood of going down this street with my family. I am pretty sure my dad was driving the big van and pulling the trailer...
We made it to the bottom and decided not to climb back up, but to go on to the Coit Tower from there.
Coit Tower
There she is!
The inside was covered in beautiful murals all about California
The plaque inside the tower--it was the first Western telegraph station in 1858.
The view of Alcatraz and part of the Wharf from the tower.
Coit Tower
You can kinda see the city behind me!
Another picture by Ava
This was on the corner of the sidewalk--kinda funny in today's world.
Golden Gate Park
Outside the museum of natural history by a strange looking sphinx. I am sure there is some significance to the strange-head on this Sphinx that perhaps we ought to know, but heh, we're Americans.
A monument that looked really important so we took a picture in front of it.
Here Jon is highlighting the beauty of the lilies
At the Kid's Playground
Ready, Set, Play!
This was by far the coolest playground we have ever been to! They had stuff for all ages and almost every square inch of ground was covered in this spongey rubber stuff (that's the official term). Jonah is the one in red climbing the rope pyramid in the picture above. He made it almost to the top! Some little girl was being mean to people up there and telling another little girl that she was ugly. Jonah spoke up and told her to knock it off--so sweet!
These little chairs spin when you lean...
and still leaning...
This concrete slide was so cool! Kids bring pieces of cardboard to make it faster (and I'm sure the parents appreciate how this saves their jeans!)
That little one in green is Ava. Hard to believe that just over a year ago she wouldn't even go on a swing, let alone a slide!
Jonah and Ava on the pretty carousel in the park.
MLB--Major League Brawleys
We stayed an extra day so that Jon could see the Giants play in the new AT&T Park against the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was so fun! They have so much fun stuff for the kids to do that they don't actually have to sit in the seats you buy for them. :)
Jon and Joe watching the Diamondbacks warming up. They were standing in front of the Chevron sign and didn't know it.
Ava went down the not-so-fast super slide.
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