My Concord, California Adventure!

I had a great time in California with Katie, Ian and Aaron over the past 4 days... thanks again you guys! I did my best to post a bit of everything so once you hit the bottom of the page, make sure you click on 'older posts' to see more as there is alot! Enjoy!

Welcome to Concord!

Flying out of Bellingham with Allegiant was an awesome option for a cheaper flight! Do you see the 3rd plane to the left? We all had to run through the rain to board that plane... you think they would have planned it better!!

I think this was part of the Napa Valley on our flight in to Oakland

To get to Concord I had to take a bus from the Airport to the train station... this was the creepy train transfer platform I had to hang out at in Oakland! Totally old school brick stairwells!

Aaron kept giving me funny looks when I arrived but soon got used to me! This was him before bedtime climbing on my air mattress bed... he kept kind of face planting off the side of it having a blast, it was pretty funny!

Auntie Holly & Aaron's Adventure!

Katie let me baby sit Aaron while she and Ian went off to a football game in the city! Aaron was such a good boy... just a tiny little whimper and 1 tear (look close you can see it!) and then he was good to go! Equipped with a GPS, we drove to the mall and wandered around, I bought him a little outfit at Gymboree and then we went for a drive through Martinez.

Back at the house, Aaron was excited to get his hands on the car keys!

We did some laundry... well, he played, I folded, to help out mommy!

We got the mail from postman 'Carl'... and then we went to go pick up mommy and daddy at the train station! Aaron did so well for his first babysitting experience!

A Tour of Palms

After babysitting Aaron all afternoon I wanted to walk around to take pictures of palm trees and other unusual plants so Katie joined me. This was my absolute favorite Palm Tree... never seen this type before!

I have no idea what this flower is, but I thought mom would like it!

A Tour of Palms

Another palm! They came in all shapes and sizes... so fun!

A prickly pear cactus, it was so neat how it looks like it has little fingers...

This is an Oregon Post Cactus... over 60 years old, the woman who lived there was way to happy to tell us all about it! We never did have a chance to come back and see it bloom unfortunately!

Waiting for BART

Katie and Aaron waiting for BART (train) for our trip into San Francisco

San Francisco - Alcatraz Sightseeing!

We arrived in San Francisco and caught a cab just in time to get to our Alcatraz tour boat!

Alcatraz Island National Park (view from the boat)

Alcatraz

Inside Alcatraz... prison issued clothing area!

Alcatraz

Toiletries for inmates... towels, shaving kits, etc...

The showers were in an open room in a row on this long bar... here is one of the shower heads and bars of soap!

Alcatraz

Aaron going for a little crawl...

Check out the view of San Francisco... just awesome!

A closer look at the view... isn't it amazing? I have never seen a city built on a hill like this before!

Alcatraz

A view of Alcatraz from the outside...

You can see a bit of the Golden Gate Bridge behind us in these pictures!! Look closely!

Alcatraz

We all had a good time at Alcatraz... it was really neat to see a place that we have all seen in the movies! (this wall of the prison made a good back drop for photos... it was funny, I thought the entire place would be amazing for a wedding photoshoot!!)