5-4-11 Day One California Trip

Aloha Good People

Since we had such a late night settling in ... we decided not to have a "working" day at the Marine Mammal Center... However we did make the trip and got all our paperwork and badges taken care of.... and was able to get a tour of the facility... All I can say is:  THIS IS THE COOLEST EVER.... what an amazing place and everyone there is sooooo wonderful. 

Oh I need to mention, that Lesley, Terri and I arrived with luggage filled with warm clothing.... Today temps were a record breaking 80 degrees... Once we finished our tour of the facility... we decided to take advantage of a picture perfect day and headed over to San Francisco (one of my favorite places) and play tourist... AND where do you think we went?  Pier 39 of course!!!

Enjoy a couple of snapshots from today's adventure.... Tomorrow we will begin our official hands-on day at the center. ~da blog lady~

 Team Hawaii

 Lesley and a new friend (no worries it's a statue)

Open those golden gates

 Tolls... $6.00 - Nice lady had a rose on her booth

Sea Lions @ Pier 39 not very crowded

 Picture Perfect Day

Lesley making friends all over the city

 And lastly as we were driving back to our cottage on the island separating the road were 3 deer just grazing as traffic went by... of course the we needed to make a u-turn and head back... several attempts without lighting failed until Lesley did a slow drive by and Terri was hanging out the window and took this great shot... (PHOTO)