San Francisco

Curt and I celebrated our 9 year anniversary in San Francisco, Monterey, and Carmel.  It has been a few years since the two of us have taken a vacation alone together.  We had an absolute blast together.  Didn't argue once, yes not ONCE!   We slept in and enjoyed the freedom away from our children. Love them, but needed a break!  

The first night we stayed in Montery at the Hyatt.  We drove to Carmel ate dinner and walked along the beach.  

Okay, so I had to put this picture in because it makes me laugh.  I probably tried 6 times to get this picture with both of our heads in the picture.   Awww.... 
We went to the Hearst Castle in San Simeon.  I was expecting to pull up to a big house and say Wow that's cool.  I was wrong!  You pull into a parking lot and then take a bus up to the top of this hill and take a 2 hour tour.  It was really neat.  This is a picture of the guest home.  Man, I would have liked to be a guest at this place.

Behind us is the guest pool.

Here is another pool.

To get to the Hearst Castle from Montery is about a 2 hour drive along the coast.  We stopped to take this picture.  Again, me holding the camera out trying to get our faces in the picture.
Loved the jelly fish at the Montery Aquarium 
Went to the see the Dodgers and Giants play in San Francisco.  Fun game!  Curt almost caught a home run ball.  We saw ourselves on ESPN that night on one of the  highlights.  

We took a boat ride under the Golden Gate Bridge.  

Passed this shop walking in Carmel. Kinda like the name of the store.  They just need to drop one t and it would be perfect!
Another cute shop with Kara's cupcakes.  Yum!