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A Day in San Francisco

January 30, 2016

Today we woke up, and we missed San Francisco. It’s one of our favorite cities – the hustle, the bustle, the laid-back attitudes, the architecture, the sights, the wildlife, the food, the sounds … it’s just an amazing place to be.

Usually Ash is the one who takes most of our travel photos, but this time – Randy did most of the shooting. We were testing out a Nikon D4s (which we rented from BorrowLenses.com) as well as tested out our new Nikon D750. We took off from the Palm Springs airport at 6 in the morning (which required a wake up time of 2:45am … ouch!) and we spent nearly 12 hours hiking, exploring, eating and sightseeing all over San Francisco … crossing a few things off our Bucket List of things to see and do!

Here are just a few of the photos we took from our day of San Francisco sightseeing! Enjoy!

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First stop? The Painted Ladies. ’90s kids will recognize these houses without missing a beat – it’s the Full House houses. Who else is super excited about the upcoming release of Fuller House on Netflix??

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The one downside to San Francisco: paying to park everywhere.

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We happened to be sightseeing on the best day possible in January. No fog, gorgeous skies, and warm-ish temps.

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Okay, kind of warm-ish. The windiness made it a little more cold-ish.

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When you don’t have a hat to cover your ears from the wind, you improvise.

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No idea where this dog came from, but he was so cute. And that stick was his BFF.

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Bucket list item: eating clam chowder at Fisherman’s Wharf.

And it was amazing.

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Street performance by Marcus Appellazzo was seriously awesome. We listened to a full concert almost, and we were blown away by how talented this guy is.

We even shared a live video of it on our Instagram! Check out the video!!!

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This was one of the cooler things we did: we went to the 7D Experience at the end of Pier 39. It was a video game / 3D experience / ride almost … similar to California Soarin’ at Disneyland’s California Adventure (although not nearly as long and without the “smellovision” part). It was actually a pretty cool thing to do, even for someone (like Ashley) who dislikes video games.

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And then, the traffic. And the pedestrians. But it was all part of the San Francisco experience!

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We can’t wait to come back to San Francisco in a couple of weeks for another wedding!!

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  1. Misty says:

    Looks like a super fun trip! 🙂

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