Friday, September 4, 2009

San Francisco and Catalina Island!

Saw this sign hanging on the wall of the Lobster Trap restaurant we ate at on Catalina Island. That's my new saying. Had a great time and but it's good to be home.
After four days, it was driving down south and taking the ferry to Catalina Island. Near the top is the Wrigley family mansion. The island is pretty much self-contained and many people live here. Most people have golf carts for their transportation instead of cars.

Here's one the restaurants we ate at. Most restaurants in Japan have wax replicas of their food choices in a window right outside the entrance.

We stayed in Japantown while in San Francisco. It was like you were in Japan with the people, food, sights, and sounds. Here's the Japantown Peace Pagoda.

The next day was more of San Francisco. You have to do a Segway Tour if you haven't. It was the most fun! We traveled on these segways for about two hours touring downtown San Francisco and then by the wharf. Didn't run over anyone or cause any accidents! I highly recommend this. Training was 45 mins and then you go. It's very easy.


We crossed the Golden Gate Bridge to get to the wineries in Sonoma. The bridge is a sight to see!

After the trees, it was off to the wine. The first stop was at Loxton Winery. We had a great group and the tour guide was so funny. He made the trip worthwhile. Of course the wine added to the day!Our first full day we saw redwood trees and tasted wine. This is inside a tree trunk at Muir Woods National Park. Watch out for bugs!

Here's Pigeon Point Lighthouse along Highway 1. This is close to San Francisco. It was so beautiful!!!
Drove to San Francisco and then back down to Catalina Island last month. It was a well needed vacation that a friend and I took. It took us about 11 hours to get to San Francisco. Here's some pictures along the way...... first is the cabbage pickers. They worked continually and I know their backs were hurting at the end of the day. Good job guys!

4 comments:

  1. Oh ronna, looks like you had a fabulous time!! I love san fran, I would like to do wineries sometime!! Glad you had fun!!

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  2. Great photos Ronna, looks like you guys had a ball, I love going to wineries. Glad you had a chance to wind down after dealing with "Bad Boys Bad Boys" all the time

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  3. Thanks for sharing Ronna. It looks like you had a wonderful adventure!

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  4. I love Frisco & Catalina Island been a couple times and just love it! Looks like you had a great time! I too love doing the wine tours, that four of us now, we should plan a trip!

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