Adventure #2 California - LA, San Francisco, Sacramento

After Sonya and Tyler's wedding in AZ, we drove to CA for half a week for their reception in Sacramento. We took a little detour and stopped off in LA at the Chinese Consulate so I could pick up my visa. Unfortunately, leaving at 3 am didn't cut it. We didn't get there early enough to get it back the same day. Thus we spent the rest of the day in horrendous LA traffic looking for a hotel on the way to Santa Monica beach. This doesn't even do it justice :)

Let's just say we spent a little more than I wanted to on the road....about 4 hours (that's only to go 15 miles folks). Yuck! Disgusting! Ew! Are you kidding me?!
It took us a little longer than we had expected to get to the beach, but we finally made it to Santa Monica. No time for swimming however, or bike riding.

We also spent one day in San Fran. I hadn't been since I was about 10 yrs. old so it was fun to go back. My favorite part was riding the cable car! It's no ride if you don't ride it the right way....hanging off the side! I'm surprised they still let you do that actually.

We hung out at Fisherman's Wharf, ate fresh fish, and the best of all - sourdough bread! Dee-lish-ous!

Checked out China Town.....

So I really wanted to bike across the Golden Gate bridge, but there just wasn't time. At least we got a great view of it!

To top it all off, we drove down Lumbard Street - the crazy back and forth road. Good times!

Before Sonya & Tyler's reception, we spent a few hours in Old Sacramento, the old part of town. My Mom grew up here and this is where my Grandpa lived before he passed away. I'd been as a kid and remembered it as a train town. I'd don't really have pics adequate to show, but Sacramento is gorgeous! Lots and lots of trees and really green.