Sunday was our last full day with the girls so we decided to take them back into San Francisco to see some things they missed when they all came together on a field trip a couple of weeks ago. We left the house at 7:30am in order to get to the Presidio by 10:00am with …
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Yosemite National Park
This morning we headed up to Yosemite National Park to show the girls one of the many scenic wonders we’re fortunate to have in our backyard. We left at 8:00am and made good time getting up to the park, but spent an hour driving the last two miles getting to the gate. We didn’t have …
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Today we took the girls to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Despite the large crowds they really enjoyed looking at all of the exhibits and getting to touch some of the tide pool creatures. Another favorite of theirs was the penguin and sea turtle displays. After spending a few hours at the aquarium we drove down …
Japanese Naval Ships
Three ships from the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, as the Japanese navy is called, docked in San Francisco on Sunday and allowed the public to come on board for tours on Monday. We decided to take a quick trip into San Francisco and see the ships in person. The weather was perfect and we …
HDR Photography
The human eye does a good job of balancing bright conditions with dark conditions in the same scene, but cameras have a much harder time with this. Take a picture of a building in the shade with the sun above it and you’ll either get an overexposed sky and decent shot of the building, or …
