Afternoon Birthday Trip to San Francisco

Several times each year we try to make a trip over the bridge to San Francisco.. we love "playing tourist" and taking photos, eating at a fun restaurant on Pier 39 or on Fisherman's Wharf, and doing a little shopping or at least window shopping!

For my birthday, I decided I wanted to take the afternoon off work and the 3 of us ventured over to the city.. stopping at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge to take photos and then heading on to Pier 39 to walk around and have birthday dinner at Bubba Gumps!  Thought you'd like to see some photos of our delightful day!

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I can never get enough of this bridge, or any bridge.. with my 19 years of experience in the architectural and structural engineering field, I developed a real love and appreciation for amazing structures and design.. bridges are one thing that fascinate me and I could look at them and photograph them forever!

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There are tons of great photo opps on Pier 39 in San Francisco.. I love the marina and all the colorful boats!

Jason had a GREAT idea.. to get a little bag of the hot fresh donuts as an appetizer before dinner… did I raise this kid right or what!?  LOL

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 We celebrated with my birthday dinner at Bubba Gumps, one of our long-standing birthday traditions.

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Do you think we have enough shrimp between the 3 of us!? wow!! YUMMMO!

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At the end of the pier there is a super clear view of Alcatraz… I probably have 50 photos like this but I still take this photo every time we are there!

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We caught the setting sun just at the right moment.. thank you for a beautiful day!

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On our way to the city we went over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, and on the way home we went over the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge.. I snapped this bridge photo with my camera phone so it's not very clear.. but I love this new bridge.. it just opened last year (replaced the section that was damaged and fell in our 1989 big quake).

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Thank you San Francisco for yet another lovely visit!  We will be back soon.

 

 

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