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Supper Club at Al Sur Latin American Bistro. Go for the empanadas.
Alden proclaimed this NYC trip “his trip” since I already had a girls NYC trip in April. We stayed with Joyce and Jason as well as Eric and Hyuniee. As usual, we ate and drank our bellies full. We also waited in quite a few lines as we visited classic tourist destinations.
Here are 60 photos from our California trip (you can click on the photo to go through them).
It started in Sacramento, where we stayed with Peter and Anna. We went to my cousin Paul’s wedding in Davis. Then went camping in Yosemite with Matthew and Hayley. Finally, we went to San Francisco and stayed with Karen and Mike. We packed a lot into this trip.
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Getting ramen for lunch with Peter and Anna in Sacramento.
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Selection of beers, mostly suggested by a very enthusiastic bachelor party
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Peipey at the California state capitol
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Lunch downtown Sacramento
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Sarah and Alden playing at Paul's wedding. We were mostly awesome.
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Sausage pancake taco was delicious
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Yosemite Park, "Tunnel View". Hayley, Matthew, Peipey, and Alden.
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Posing at Glacier Point looking down at the waterfalls we will hike to.
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Illilouette Falls as seen from the Panorama Trail
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Safely looking over the edge at Panorama Point
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Peipey at the bridge over Nevada Falls
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Nevada Falls from the top. Pretty steep!
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On our way down to the valley
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Rest stop to enjoy the view
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Peipey and Alden at Nevada Falls
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Peipey's still got some energy
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Peipey at the top of Vernal Falls
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The Mist Trail, probably the coolest trail in Yosemite
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Vernal Falls was very impressive. I can only imagine what it's like in the Spring, when the flow is much higher.
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Alden made a s'mores hobo pie. And it was good.
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Coyote chilling on the side of the road
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Our third day was pretty cold. I wore all my clothes.
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Alden and Matthew standing on a rock outcropping at "The Fissures" on the Pohono Trail
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Taft Point is kind of like Glacier Point, except scary as hell because there are no rails at the edge.
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Interesting cracks at "The Fissures"
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Matthew and Hayley at Taft Point.
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Peipey holding a waterfall
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Warming up at the very posh Ahwahnee Hotel. This hit the spot after being out in the cold all day.
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The Ahwahnee looked really nice
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On our last night of camping it rained all night and throughout the morning. It was messy, but we got everything packed.
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Leaving a very cloudy Yosemite valley
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Walking around the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco.
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Peipey at the Buena Vista Park in SF. The dog really liked her.
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This was Peipey's favorite house, even though I think I saw it first.
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Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
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Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
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We went to the Academy of Sciences museum
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This is the roof of the museum
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This glass globe housed the rainforest exhibit
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San Francisco as seen from the Coit Tower
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Downtown San Francisco as seen from the Coit Tower
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The very curvy Lombard St.
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Walking down one the graffiti alleys
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Alden and Peipey in a redwood tree
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Muir Woods, just north of San Francisco
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Alden and Peipey behind bars
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Peipey in Alcatraz prison
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It was Fleet Week, which meant a parade of Navy ships was passing by. We had the perfect viewpoint on Alcatraz, in the middle of the harbor.
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Lots of ships in the bay today. A foggy Golden Gate Bridge is in the distance.
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Warning sign on Alcatraz Island. That's me in the corner.
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Blue Angles airshow during our Alcatraz boat trip.
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Picking up some dim sum in Chinatown
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The Toronado bar in the Haight had an amazing selection. Thanks for the recommendation Tyler!
I finally tried the Texas Chili Parlor in the height of non-chili weather. Despite the heat, I convinced a group of co-workers to eat at this Austin institution. I got the double XX chili potato. You get a huge serving of nicely flavored chili filled with nice chunks of meat; no ground meat here! Next time, I would get the triple XXX.
Lisa performed some Hungarian folk dancing at Zilker Theatre! The night also featured traditional Mexican dancing fun.
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