I keep putting off writing a post about our trip to California because there’s so much to say that I never feel like I have time to sit down and write it all out. Well, we were gone for 10 days and we’ve already been back for over 11, so I guess that means I need to write something, even if it isn’t a novel.

Rather than trying to give an itinerary of our trip, I’ll just give a brief explanation of the three photo sets and let the pictures do all the talking.

The Lake Tahoe Pictures

We arrived in San Francisco REALLY late on November 10th and drove our rental car up to Vacaville where my brother Jered and his wife Aimee are stationed. After a brief night of sleep, we spent the day Saturday driving up the mountains into the Truckee/Lake Tahoe area to see snow. We had a lot of fun throwing snowballs around at a rest stop, getting lost trying to find a wal-mart to buy snow chains, and showing off their new puppy, Buster.

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The San Francisco Pictures

On Sunday we got up early in the morning again and headed to San Francisco. We wandered around the Fisherman’s Wharf and Ghirardelli Square area before we had to drop Amy off for her AICHE conference. Amy was at the conference from Monday-Wednesday and she took a few more pics while she was there as well. While Amy was at the conference I stayed at Jered and Aimee’s, went biking with Jered, visited my friend that works at Yahoo, and saw all things to see in Vacaville. On Thursday morning I went back to San Fran again to pick Ames up and we spent the whole day exploring. Over the course of the day, we checked out Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, The Cliff House and ate at an awesome little Pizza place. To finish off the day, we visited the MoMA before headed back to Vacaville. On Friday we took it easy, hung out in Vacaville, and visited the Jelly Belly Factory. And then on Satuday…

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The Napa Valley Pictures

…We went to Napa Valley. Ames and I aren’t big wine people, but we had an excellent time touring wineries and driving through the picturesque hills and valleys. If you ever get a chance to go, don’t stop for lunch until you get to V. Satuii. They have a huge selection of breads, cheeses, and gourmet lunch food, and lots of picnic tables.

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Well, that was pretty much our trip. I left out a ton of detail, but it’s probably better that way. Enjoy the pictures.