Brendan has been asking to go see the Golden Gate Bridge for some time. I think it started when he saw the movie “Big Hero 6” but I know he sees the bridge a lot in other movies and videos.

Driving around San Francisco in the big truck was … interesting. There was no place to park anywhere! We ended up finding a parking lot for a little trail through the park that went to the bridge.

This bent piece of pillar is on display to show the effect of earthquakes and to talk about how the bridge has been improved over the years to withstand earthquakes and wind.

Getting to the plaza where we can get up to the road

Nothing went according to plan today. We had already driven around like crazy trying to find a place to eat, but parking was impossible or the wait times were bad. We were about to walk quite a ways on an empty stomach. This little snack stop was our only option, so $20 for two cookies and a bottle of water later…

Here we go

The bridge was pretty busy with pedestrians and tons of people on rented bikes. We found out that the whole area was prepping for “Fleet Week” with naval boat tours and air shows. The Blue Angels were practicing for the weekend air show.

A low LOUD fly-by

Walking to dinner in the evening, Trevor found this enormous leaf!

He named it Leafy and he is taking it home