Road Trip-Day 4

Today we attended the Milpitas Church of Christ which is the congregation we worshipped with when we lived here. It's always great to come back and see everyone. It's quite a small congregation, so when we moved here and had no family, they took care of us. One of the things we always enjoyed about this church is that after services, almost everyone went out for lunch, and today was no exception. We were welcomed with open arms, and treated to a great lunch at Macaroni Grill. (Thanks Carol and Bruce) It was a short visit, but well worth it. We love seeing everyone and catching up on what everyone is doing. I can't believe it's been five years since we moved away. After lunch, we met up with Rick and Rebecca and went to San Francisco. For as many times as I've been to the city, I've never been able to get a good picture of the bridge. Today, I remembered why. I had asked that we go to the bridge to try to take some pictures. It took us about 2 and a half hours in stop and go traffic to get to where we were going, and then when we finally arrived at our destination, the fog decided to set in. The bridge was barely even visible as you will see in the pictures below. A little disappointing, but it was a nice park, and I had never been before, so it worked out ok. Following our few attempts at a picture in front of bridge, we decided to check out the wharf. It was quite crowded and little chilly, but we enjoyed some fresh crab and clam chowder from Alioto's. It was quite delicious, and a true San Francisco experience. After we ate, we headed to Pier 39 to browse around a little, and get some Ghirardehlli chocolate. All of us on Pier 39. (The girls are mesmerized by all the things going on around them. They just don't get this much excitement in Tulsa.)

We couldn't really see the bridge today due to the fog which was a bummer. So, this is Kevin in front of a poster of the bridge representing what our pictures should have looked like. Not bad, huh?

Rebecca enjoying her fresh crab, chowder and coke on wharf. Great idea Rebecca, we all enjoyed it too!

All of us finishing up our crab and clam chowder.

Me and Skylar sharing clam chowder in a bread bowl.

Me and Rebecca

Rick, Rebecca and Angel in front of the famous invisible bridge.

I know this just looks like a random picture of the girls, but it is in fact a picture of them in front of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was quite cold, so Skylar thought it was pretty special to get to wear Daddy's jacket.