The wind was so bad we could not even stand without getting pelted with sand. I have sand in my ears and I didn't even go down to the water or sit on the beach.
I kicked a chair the night before and thought my toe was broken. It hurt like a son of a monkey...
It hurt as I hobbled over to the picnic table 10 feet from our parking spot.
Jeff's mom could not handle it... so we left.
With Grandpa's great idea about a fort in San Francisco that sits under the Golden Gate bridge. Closed.
It was cool, but we then got lost trying to find the Exploratorium. A totally awesome place for kids. Mostly science stuff and hands on...kids can touch stuff here. Perfect for a bunch of boys...
Trying to find he dang place we got stuck on Lombard street.... no left turns.We couldn't turn around.
So we stayed on Lombard street... you know the really crooked mile that is straight down. Jeff had never been.... well it was fun until Jeff's parents car's engine light came on, while going up. They opted to not go down.
Now to find the Exploratorium ....30 minutes and lost in San Francisco... we find it. No parking spaces... found them....
did you know it is closed on Monday? Well it is.
We decided that Pier 39 would be next... nope!!!!
The in-laws decided to head home. Their car was acting funny.
Now this is after spending almost 2 hours in San Francisco only getting out of the car once and spending the rest of the 2 hours getting lost.
WITH 5 KIDS IN THE CAR!!!
They were pretty good.
We decided not to got to Pier 39 and just follow Jeff's parents home in case they broke down.
So our beach trip by now had only 10 minutes at an actual beach... sorry it was more like 20... we had trips to the potty.
We followed Jeff's parents until we saw a sign for Stinson Beach... thinking it was only a short distance away... it was not.... we ditched Jeff's parents and followed all signs to the beach.
45 minutes and lots of winding and very curving road later we found it. Potty break again and the wind was still blowing... but not nearly as bad, we stayed.
We got out the beach buckets I had to buy because we left ours at home in Susanville.
We stayed as long as we could, Jeff even got out our beach umbrella... it was almost 7 pm, so we didn't need it for the sun... just to block the wind.
30 minutes on the beach and a cleaned out, egg salad sandwich feed van of boys.. and girl... we started a movie... Finding Nemo... off off toward home we went.
Not going back the same crazy way, we went north... what felt like 2 hours but was only 38 minutes we found a highway 101 and toward Sacramento we went.
Since the boys were mostly disappointed with the whole day, we promised McDonald's and to play in the Play Place.
$35 later... (holy freakin cow!!!!!)
We made it back to my mom's house by 11 pm.
It was a very long, very crazy and very adventurous day.
It will be something we will never forget.
And mom if you are reading this....
there are no left turns and it is closed on Monday's.
2 comments:
Katie, I am tired from reading your post. At least it will be a day you won't forget anytime soon and it will be a funny memory when the kids are older. I love Stinson Beach!!!!!
Katie.... we went to the exploratorium while in SF last year & it was great for the 5 minutes that were left before they closed! The area was beautiful! We got great pics of the swans & 1 of them ate out of Elyse's hand! I wouldn't mind getting lost if it was SF where I was lost! Too bad ya'll didn't get lost by Ghiardelli Square... their icecream sundaes are awesome!
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