34 Years!

June 9th was our 34th Anniversary! We decided at the last minute to go somewhere different, so we booked a package deal through Allegiant Airlines to San Fransisco. We flew out of Idaho Falls on Friday, June 8th. It was an interesting trip, we saw things we had definitely not seen before. When we landed in Oakland, we got our rental car and decided we would go see the Oakland Temple first.

We walked all the way around the beautiful grounds.

After we left the Temple grounds, we drove to our hotel, and this is where things got really interesting. Remember this was a package deal, I did not really pick this hotel. Let's just say that the Abigail Hotel left a lot to be desired. Here's a list of a few things that could have been better!

     *They could have found our reservation.

     *The elevator could have worked, so we didn't have to climb 6 long, narrow, steep stories to our room.

     *There could have been a shower head on the pipe.

     *The windows could have fit in the frames without leaving air and street noise coming in.    

     *There could have been phones in the rooms.

     *They could have put our suitcases somewhere safe instead of just in front of the desk for the day while we were waiting to be moved to the 2nd floor.

     *They could have booked our 2nd floor room in the morning instead of when we returned that evening (we were lucky there was a 2nd floor room still available).

     *They could have had our 2nd floor room cleaned before 6:30pm.

     *They could have brought towels to us before 8:30pm.

     *The heating system would be better if it wasn't just space heaters.

     *It shouldn't have taken 45 minutes to return our car from valet parking.

Here's a list of things we liked about the hotel:

     *It was close to the busses.

     *There were beds in the rooms.

That's about all the good we can say about the Abigail Hotel. I did not get any pictures! Needless to say, we didn't spend very much time there. 

We were very lucky to have nice weather the whole time we were there. Everyone kept commenting on how unusual 75 degrees and no fog is for the bay area.

Of course, one of the highlights of the trip was the Golden Gate Bridge. We took a bay cruise and went under the bridge. We also did a city tour and went across the bridge. It was very awesome.

We spent a lot of time on Fisherman's Wharf. We had some good food, saw some old ships and some sea lions. We liked the Wharf a lot.

Probably the thing we liked the most was our trip to Alcatraz. It was very interesting, we did an audio walking tour and learned a lot about the island.