I
love the Short Escapes offered by ABD! They offer the perfect taste of
an ABD without having to get away for a week or more at a time. This
little whirlwind of San Francisco was the perfect weekend. Some of our
favorite highlights:
San Francisco Bay Bike Tour You could pedal along the edge of the Bay and into the Golden Gate National Park Recreation Area for a beautiful tour of the area. We
are not bikers though, but we never worry because we know ABD always
plans a good alternate activity. For this trip, it meant a guided motor-coach tour of the city! We loved sitting back and relaxing with
our family and a few friends and seeing the beautiful city from that
vantage point.
Golden Gate Bridge Visit The guides made sure we had LOTS of opportunities
to get those iconic photos everyone wants when they visit San
Francisco! I love visiting cities with guides who are "in the know"
about perfect photo spots because I'm not sure if I would have been able
to find them all. And, there's something to be said for having someone
there to take all your photos so you can be IN the pictures too!
Muir Woods National Monument The giant
redwoods towering hundreds of feet above us was breathtaking. Muir
Woods is set up beautifully for an easy hike through the forest and I
loved having family free time here to just explore a bit.
Walt Disney Family Museum One of the best curations
of Disney knowledge and artifacts I've seen. This one stop makes the
whole trip worthwhile! You start with a private guided tour which is
always valuable in that you learn so much insider information. After
our tour ended, we had free time to either visit the shop, check out
more items in the lobby, or revisit. With tons of information, actual
mementos and artifacts from Walt's life as well as Disney in general,
and a farewell room that brought tears to my eyes, we actually went
through the museum a second time on our own just to take it all in.
Silverado Vineyards What fun we had at
this Disney family vineyard in Napa! The afternoon was full of yummy
lunch, beautiful scenery, a great tour of the winery with delicious wine
tasting (or alternate drinks if you don't like wine), and we finished
up with a SUPER fun grape stomp competition. We split into teams and
rolled up our pants to see who could produce the greatest output and
perfect our method. Those that didn't want to stomp were able to hang
back and cheer us on! Lots of laughs and I'm not sure how productive we
actually were, but it was fun working with trip mates to perfect our
strategy!
Yoda Fountain Photo Op at Lucasfilm Of course we loved the stop at this iconic
fountain, and we loved our little private tour of the Lucasfilm
offices. Loads of memorabilia to snap pics with... Darth Vader or Ninja
Turtles anyone?!
By: Heather Williams
Jo@traveltimetravel.com
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