My parents came to San Francisco for Christmas. We had a great time exploring the city and the Bay Area. Here are a few highlights:
Christmas Eve on Union Square after an urban hike through Glen Canyon Park to San Francisco's highest peak.
Our hike:
On Christmas we went to the beach:
and froze our butts off:
The following day the four of us met up with our friend Luke and went to
Ano Nuevo for our second annual Elephant Seal adventure:
We then did another urban hike, this time up and over Twin Peaks. For this adventure, we left our house early in the morning and gathered some breakfast on 24
th St and enjoyed some coffee at
Philz. We then
acended the East Face of Noe Peak using the fabled Eureka Valley route. After conquering Noe Peak we traversed the narrow ridge line to Eureka Peak, relishing the views of Mt
Diablo, the San Bruno Ridge, Mt Davidson, Mt Tam, Mt
Sutro, the Golden Gate Bridge,
Berkely, Alameda, Fremont, El
Pacifico and Hunters Point. We made a final ascent to the summit of Mt Eureka, San Francisco's second highest point and the city's highest point with a view. From there we descended down the treacherous North Face of Twin Peaks, avoiding the throngs of tour buses that crowd the viewpoint below the summit of Eureka Peak. We then followed the ridge north over Tank Hill and down into Cole Valley and grabbed a bus to Golden Gate Park where we enjoyed the newest exhibit at the De Young.
We made some nice meals:
And went on a big hike on Mount Tam to Muir Woods National Monument:
And finished it up with some classic San Francisco scenery:
It was a great visit. Thanks for coming out Mom and Dad!
