Roadtrip

With the kids off school for 2 weeks, no family or friends to visit and Jeff taking a few days off work after Christmas, we decided this was the perfect time for a family roadtrip!  After looking at the map and figuring out how long we wanted to be away, we decided on San Francisco as our destination.  Somewhere I've always wanted to visit, Jeff has wanted to go back since visiting years ago on a business trip and warmer weather seemed like a nice idea.

Checking out the waterfront in Crescent City, it was a beautiful morning and we spotted a few sealions.

We did the drive down to San Francisco over two days...one full day of driving to get into northern California, a morning exploring the redwood forest, and an afternoon driving south into San Francisco.  We had a few snags along the way including a bad sinus cold for me, some sniffles for the kids and one night of throwing up for Leah.  But overall things went quite smoothly and we all enjoyed the sights (most of us at least, the 12 year old was a tad moody pre-teen at times but managed to still have fun).

We learned they aren't kidding when the sign says "Elk crossing ahead".  No zooming required for these pictures, this guy was literally alongside the van as we drove past.

Driving into San Francisco on the Golden Gate bridge