Barber Family Reunion Part 3

The second day we chartered a big tour bus, but we had the best of all worlds.  We had a driver who took us exactly where we wanted as outlined ahead of time. We made the decisions when to stop and get out and how long to spend at each stop.  Custom-made to our own family.  And then we had our very own tour guide—Dan, who did a great job. We had more than enough room on the bus (as we had it all to ourselves), so we invited Dan’s parents and Dan’s brother’s two little girls to join us.  And we’re glad we did as we shared in Noe’s birthday cupcakes when we got out at Twin Peaks.  This was supposed to be a great view of the city, ocean, etc., but unfortunately the day we took the tour, we saw nothing but fog.  But down in the valley, it was clear and sunny, as we explored many other city sights, including a stop at the Palace of Fine Arts and walking out on the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove through almost the entire city of San Francisco. We saw Fisherman’s Wharf, Civic Center, Union Square, AT&T Park (home of the SF Giants), North Beach, Crissy Field, Presidio, Coit Tower, Pacific Heights houses, the Financial District, Embarcadero and many other places. After the four-hour bus tour, we split up to see different sights.  My group went to Alcatraz and others rode the cable cars and explored other parts of the city. After dinner at the food trucks (see Lori’s blog of Hale eating there), we gathered back to the Broderick House for a family talent show and Dan’s crossword puzzle contest. Sadly we took no pictures of the wonderfully talented grandchildren. And sadly, Russ and I did not win the crossword contest.  But we celebrated 45 years of marriage on this day. (June 1) Great to have all our family close at hand for such a special mile stone. Evenings would often find us at Chile Pies, but I never took a picture there, either. The pie is out of this world and the ice cream superb.  Just one of many good places we ate. 



Dan and our driver and Dan's father, Dan

Sam and his Grammy (Susan, too)

Our comfy bus

 

Troy, Tanner, Russ, Noe, Trey - Notice the reunion T-shirts? 

 

Fogged in at Twin Peaks

The Palace of Fine Arts

Windy on the Golden Gate Bridge

A ferry took us from San Francisco over to the island to see Alcatraz - looking back on the City

These grandkid inmates are wearing tour guide ear phones (?)

Typical inmate room at Alcatraz

Just one of the two crosswords puzzles Dan made for us