Vacation Part 3

Now for my favorite day!! SAN FRANCISCO! This was the day I needed to be the last day because nothing would compare to this day!
Last time we were in California we missed the boat to Alcatraz by 20 minutes! This was not going to happen again, so we bought our tickets before we went to California. I was super excited! I have been dying to go here for a long time! Even though it was 55 bucks for us 2 (baby was free) it was worth every penny! I will take Evelyn here again when shes old enough to understand what this place is all about!

You have to take a boat to get the the Island which was huge and fun! We both had not been on a boat forever so we gladly whisper the words "I am on a boat" lyrics to eachother.
As soon as we arrived we were able to explore the whole island. We took our time since there was so many people and so many things to see that we actually learned that Alcatraz was a Military station for a while! It protected San Francisco! Pretty neat to see the PX (pictured below)

When you get to the top of the island its the Cellhouse. You actually get to do an audiotour through it, which has some Old Guards and Immates from Alcatraz naurating the whole walk though. It really came in handy when Evelyn started throwing a fit. It was so much fun getting to know some more history! Heres just a few pictures of Alcatraz

Alcatraz Island

Evelyn and Hubby entering the prison

If you look in the left cornor by the floor you can see a hole where the famous escape attempt happened. there were 3 rooms that had the hole in them. Behind the wall were pipes they climbed. They never found out if they ever made it back to San Francisco or not. But bodies were never found.

Well thats the most exciting parts of my vacation! I hope you all had fun reading it :)

Vacation Part 2

After we came down from the mountains and into the real life world again we took a day to go see Sacramento. We had to go there for a friends graduation from College so we headed out early enough to see the sites before her ceremony.
We didnt stay out long, Evelyn refused to eat in public almost the entire trip so we took her back to the hotel. Our hotel was only a few blocks down from the hotel so it was nice to walk around.
One of the first things we decided to do was hit up a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives resutrant called The Squeeze Inn..the famous cheeseskirt! It was so greasy but definitly hit the spot!

After that we had to pretty much rush off to the graduation! It was very cool to watch Melanie graduate and then hang out with her and our friends!
Not much to say that happend around this time but it was really fun!!

Vacation Part1

Because we did so much on Vacation and I want to be sure to update my family and friends back home on how Vacation went I decided to break this into 2 parts.

First we left on the 11th of December and it went pretty good! Evelyn did amazing on the plane and we arrived to our destination safely and on time. Oakland Airport is pretty easy to get though. When we first got to the rental car area the reservation from Dollar Rentals declined Hubbys credit, claiming he had bad credit...which was completly FALSE both of us have over a 700. Hertz did the exact same thing! Finally after a ton of frustration Alamo gave us a car, though they didnt have a military discount, the nice guy leading us to our car upgraded it! We ended up driving a Dodge Avendger which we already own but it was nice to not have to get used to a new car. (I ended up backing into a stump in the middle of the night and then because the bumper was low the exhaust melted the plastic..thank god for insurance!)

We arrived to Sonora, California to see Hubby mother at about 9 at night so we didnt stay very long since we were still on Kansas time and Evelyn was dying to roll around. The next day we went to Yosemite and though we brung along Hubbys mothers friend, who didnt shut up the whole time it was a really beautiful place to see!!
We stayed 3 days in Sonora exploring the town and going to some little shops and picking up some extra sweet cupcakes and taffy! Though I wasnt thrilled to be there I did have alot of fun...heres a few photos of Yosemite.

Evelyn and I in Yosemite.

She stayed in her carseat because she was throwing fits when we'd take

her out and put her back in

Hubby and I at Bridal Veil Falls.

(hate that this photo is blurry)

We loved the pretty views!!

Evelyn slept in the bathtub. We didnt have the portacrib.

I did it when I was a baby and it worked great for Evelyn!