Concert and California

We have been busy as usual over the past couple weeks. On the 10th we went to Salt Lake to see the Kenny Chesney concert. It was a lot of fun and it was a nice night. Much cooler than all those concerts in Raleigh haha. We stayed the night and drove back to Idaho Falls Sunday. We tried to relax a little and pack for California. We left very early Monday morning for San Francisco. We stayed in Livermore, CA and spent Monday hanging out with Jason's Grandma and visiting a few wineries in the area. Tuesday we spent the day in San Francisco. It was a great day! We rode the Bart into San Fran and then took the cable car down to Fisherman's Wharf. We saw the piers and went on a bay cruise which was fun. We got to see most of the bridge, only the very top was still in fog. Jason got clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl from a street vendor which made him super happy haha. The sourdough was very tasty as usual. We also got to have some Irish coffee at Buena Vista and after we walked around Ghirardelli Square and got some good ice cream. We walked through china town and to north beach for some good Italian food for dinner. Wednesday we went to muir woods to see some redwoods. It was a nice day and we walked a couple miles through the trees. We also stopped by a beach and walked in the very cold pacific ocean for a short time. Then we took the long way back around the top of the bay and met our friend Becca for dinner. She is living in CA for a few months and it was great to see her!!  Thursday we drove to Bass Pro Shop since Jason has been feeling deprived because there isn't one in Idaho. We got some new hiking stuff :-) Thursday night I got to meet Jason's aunt, uncle, and cousins. It was a fun and relaxing time. Friday we got ready to head back to Idaho. We made it back early Sat morning and then spent the day helping one of our friends here pack for her move to CA. 

We were able to get some more strawberries from our "garden" and I made a strawberry pie yesterday. Our cherries are starting to ripen so we will have to find some good recipes for those. It has been pretty warm here 90s during the day, but its nice that it cools off at night so we can still open the windows. 

Not much else has been going on. The kitties are happy we are home for a bit. We will be heading to NY next Thursday. Hope all is well with everyone. 

Here are some pictures:

So happy to be at the Kenny concert

Looks like its going to be a good time

Woo hoo Kenny. 

The view from where we sat at the concert

Some grapes

Me at one of the wineries in Livermore

more grapes

Jason after a tasting at concannon

union square

the cable car we rode. 

two lone sea lions. They migrate this time of year so there weren't too many.

Alcatraz

Windy street we walked to the bottom.

Jason in all his glory with his clam chowder

our Irish coffees. Yum!

our cruise ship

we sat in the very front until it got too windy. We got audio sets for the cruise. 

The golden gate in the fog

me trying to hang on to everything. It was very very windy

San Francisco from the water.

China town

Me with a statue in chinatown

our yummy appetizer at dinner 

restaurant we ate at in San Fran

before Muir woods we drove over the golden gate bridge and walked halfway across

The beach we stopped at.

Redwoods

He was trying to get in the tree haha

Jason touching the water. I don't know how those people were swimming burrrr

a grass fire we saw driving back from Bass Pro Shop

The one and only Bass Pro Shop.