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| I'll have 3 Taco dinners and an apple please.... |
Because our campground neighbors decided to invite 9 more friends (with kids) to join their site of four, we decided to break camp at the crack of dawn and head out early to San Francisco. Our trip out the west side of the park was so smokey from a forest fire burning nearby that it was difficult to see the surrounding mountains. Breakfast as a locals-only place in Groveland, CA was followed by a stroll down Main Street and into the town's two historic hotels.
Laundry duty in Oakdale brought a curious site. Check out the picture of the family on horseback going through the burger joint drive thru. Made it to Frisco with 3 days of camping dirt on everything including us.
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Our fantastic room at Jackson Court,
San Francisco, CA |
We checked into the Jackson Court, a B&B and time share in an historic brownstone, and proceeded to empty the car...completely. The staff there must have thought we were nuts carrying our huge Rubbermaid totes, tent, camp chairs & dozens of small parcels up to our third floor room. What a great location though, right atop a hill in the Pacific Heights neighborhood, within walking distance of the wharfs, parks, cable cars & light rail.
Their light rail system still includes the neatest electric buses from the 40s.
Parking starts at $31/day in the city, and the Inn did not have any. So, we thought we were pretty clever to schedule our 10,000 Mini service appointment for our time in S.F. So, while we were waiting in their showroom, we had to browse the merchandize.....
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| Old Bay Bridge into the city |
Dinner at Baker & Banker restaurant was nice, but we really went there because the building was an old apothecary. Their smoked trout on latke with shaved fennel, pickled beets and beet juice reduction was sublime! As it turns out, Mini Coopers are VERY popular in the city. On our 8 block walk to dinner we saw19, 20 counting ours.
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| Light rail "busses" at Fisherman's Wharf |
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| Shopping, Julie style |
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| More light rail |
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A Mini Solution
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