San Fransisco

After leaving the aquarium in Monterey we continued up the coast and slept overnight at a rest stop. I think the guys just like to think they can park with the 'big boys' at the truck stops and check out all the trucks! :) At the truck stops we get to listen to trucks come and go all night long, but amazingly we all sleep just fine and are rested for the next day! On Thursday we drove into San Fransisco so that Jenn could connect with her friend Liz who is on staff with San Fransisco YWAM which is downtown San Fransisco (their mission is to work with the homeless street people). We parked our motorhomes at Golden Gate Park because there is not big enough parking for motorhomes downtown and then walked to the nearest subway station. When we are walking anywhere we travel with buddies so that everyone is accounted for...you would think it would be easy to lose track of 13 kids or at least one or two of them, but we all do a great job of staying together and keeping track of each other. We boarded the subway and enjoyed our ride through San Fransisco and then down under the city in the subway system. We got off the subway and then had to walk several blocks to YWAM. We had lunch with Liz at a Thai restaurant, said our goodbyes, and began our return journey walking through the streets and back on the subway to get to our motorhomes. It seems like no matter what we do it turns out to be a grand adventure for everyone and we all learn and see something new! Walking the streets in San Fransisco, riding the subway, and seeing the homeless people was a new experience for all the kids. Oh, and did I mention that it was raining all day as we walked the streets...we were all kind of wet when we returned to our motorhomes but had such a fun day no one seemed to mind! We drove out of San Fransisco and continued on up the coast so that Joe and Jen could meet up with a couple for dinner in Clearlake before we continued on our trip to Oregon and Washington.