McCulloughver's Travels: From One Giant to the Next

AT&T Park

San Francisco may very well have been one of our favorite cities, and not just because we were out of the tent for a couple of nights. Our first night there was spent at AT&T Park. The Giants lost, but the view of the San Francisco Bay from the stands was incredible.

Our Third Anniversary was on June 16

The next day, our 3rd anniversary, was spent just roaming around & getting acquainted with the city. We enjoyed sleeping in an actual bed so much that it was almost lunch by the time we were ready for the day. We went to a diner just a few blocks from the hotel for breakfast (or lunch...whatever you want to call it), and it was awesome! We even voted it the best breakfast burrito we've ever had. From there we checked out all of the obligatory tourist sites: the twists of Lombard Street, Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, Union Square, Golden Gate Bridge, and Ghirardelli Square. Oh, Ghirardelli Square!! We each had our own gargantuan sundae for lunch...you're allowed to splurge on your anniversary.

Thanks for the recommendation Ryan and Ashley!

We spent the rest of the afternoon trying to walk off the sundaes so we could eat supper. It seems like all we do is eat, huh?! Well, naturally, we made it down to Chinatown for a delicious supper at the House of Nanking. After we ate, we noticed a change in the city. Most of the street attire turned into blue & yellow, and we heard random bursts of either distress or elation coming from each bar we passed by: NBA Finals, game 6. We decided it would be cool to see how the city reacted to a championship, so we found a local place and cheered with them. I think this was a very confusing time for Daniel because we cheered for the Warriors, but he also cheered for LeBron. So...he was a busy guy during the game. As the clock wound down, a dull roar all across the city crescendoed. On the bus ride back to the hotel, "Go Warriors!" echoed through the crowded streets. Well into the night, a guy was perched on the tippy top of the fire hydrant outside our room yelling, "WARRIORS!!" at anyone who dared to walk in his vicinity. But even that couldn't keep me awake...

In reality...she barely made the squeeze :)

We got another late start the next morning, so we made a beeline for the Redwoods in Northern California. We set up camp just before sunset in the company of a whole different kind of Giant...this kind much more deserving of the name. The best way to describe the size of these trees is to say that I literally drove the Xterra through the middle of one of them and there was still the width of a couple of healthy Alabama pines on either side!

After we had marveled at the Giant Redwoods for a time, we drove to the nearest town for, what turned into, dinner and a movie. (Jurassic World was actually a good movie, but not necessarily advised right before you have to spend the night in some pretty prehistoric looking woods!) On our way into town, though, if it hadn't been for the couple of people pulled over already, we never would have noticed the man lying halfway in the road! I knelt down beside him and searched through my embarrassingly inadequate medical kit, which had actually came in "handy" at the Grand Canyon (we bandaged a man's hand up earlier on our vacation.) I felt better once I was convinced he was coherent enough to tell me who he was and what had happened. The paramedics arrived in full force just a few minutes after we did. It wasn't until we were walking back to the car that I noticed his Harley about 20 feet over the edge of the twisted mountain road! I guess it's true...you never know what is just around the bend. Could be a deer. Could be the victim of a deer. Could be an Indominus Rex. Lord willing, next up for us will be the beautiful Oregon Coast!

Next Stop - Portland, OR!!!