san fantastic

doing a little catching up here. we went to san francisco over labor day this year. it was our first trip and we loved it! we flew into san jose and drove up. the flight was amazing. short, 45 minutes, but that wasn't the amazing part. the amazing part was that we were flying over the clouds and it looked like we were flying over pillows. when we were driving the clouds looked like they were hovering half way down the surrounding mountains - like the mountains were wearing a cloud hoola hoop! it was beautiful. the first place we went was an amazing science museum. cashel had a blast. we spent about half an hour after the museum picking out a great painting for cashel's room and eating yummy waffles. we stayed at the hyatt in the heart of san francisco. after cashel's nap (and mine!) we rode a trolley (san francisco treat!) to fisherman's warf where it was super chilly but we saw alcatraz - it was super creepy. we rode a bus back to the hotel. cashel loved the trolley and bus. jason went out to grab some food from a place called nan king that a friend recommended. cashel had room service - grilled cheese and mac and cheese. he barely touched it. eating away from home is not his strong suit.

the next day we drove out to a Redwood forest - Muir Woods. i have always, always, always wanted to see Redwood Trees. it was a great little park with a beautiful drive up. the forest was quite manicured - wooden planks from the info cabin into the woods. from there the path was quite clear and wide. I'm not complaining - it was great. the trees were huge and amazing. i felt like I had to whisper the whole time - out of respect for the old trees. after we had gone on about an hour walk (with cashel in the ergo sleeping for most of it) we drove down the pch for a while. cashel wasn't so jazzed about this drive - probably super boring to him but it was
b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l!
i do have to admit that on the way back up the pch i got a little car sick. after making our way back to civilization we ate at......wait for it....outback! yes! outback steakhouse!
it was delicious. i don't know the last time we ate at a chain restaurant like that (besides in-n-out) but it was delicious and kid friendly and empty! afterwards we had our daily nap in the hotel. for the life of me i can't remember what we did after this. i think we just walked around for a while? this night we ate at a diner right around the corner from the hotel. it was decorated 1950's and was delicious, kid friendly, not empty, but not crowded either. cashel still didn't eat much so he ended up eating a whole apple before bed. we have video of it. i'll have to post that.

on sunday we were a little lost about what to do. we had until 5pm for our flight. we ended up doing another trolley ride which cashel loved then got in the car and headed out of town. we went to see stanford university. there were horse stables and horses there so cashel was in heaven. before going to the airport we went to a children's museum that was actually pretty great in san jose.

we almost missed our flight.

lessons of this trip:
1. san francisco is awesome
2. getting cashel to eat out is tough - he gets very distracted - so have lots of yogurt and fruit in the hotel
3. early flights home are still the best