Mama 2 Max

Monday, July 6, 2015

When our city tour ended we checked out the NPS Maritime museum, which was actually a pier full of boats. When we were in the visitors center to get our NPS passport stamps, the man at the desk had a huge face tattoo and floppy lobes that had been gauged before. He was probably 70 years old. Max took it all in stride. He is such a good little traveller.

Next we went to the Castro area, which is very important in LGBT history. We saw the first ever openly gay bar, Castro theater and the HRC's hq. Our guide told us about how Harvey Milk convinced the gay community to invest in their community, and how the Castro used to be a sketchy area but now its one of the nicest areas.

We also toured Haight Ashbury and saw where Janus Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Greatful Dead lived there. We also got to see some beautiful painted ladies. Our guide grew up in SF and was very knowledgeable about the history of the city.

Such a fun day!! We started with a trolly ride to fishermans wharf where we began our city tour in a vw bus. It was awesome and we saw so much! Started with the Presidio and up tonthe Golden Gate bridge. Then we rolled through Golden Gate park.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Leaving AZ and headed to CA in a few. We visited the Desert Botanical Garden today and the Heard Museum of Native American culture. We saw a Hopi hoop dancer and in the end his chidren came out to dance the eagle dance. They pretty much stole the show. The flora and fauna here are other worldly. I am including a few snapshots of that too.

We explored the beautiful grounds of the Tempe Mission Palms this morning. There was a wedding going on when we got here so we didn't want to intrude. That orange Max has nearly fell on my head. Heather and grandma tried it. It was very tart.

Saturday, July 4, 2015

The hotel pool is shoulder to shoulder people. And still above 100 degrees. We are chilling in the A/C. Had some delicious Mellow Mushroom pizza for dinner. Enjoying day one of our vacation adventure!

Made it to Phoenix. It's hella hot here. 🔥🔥we walked about an 1/8th of a mile from airport to rental car. The Alamo employees greeted us at the door with a sense of urgency to get chilled bottles of water in our hands. Yep. It's that hot. A mere stroll was treated as if it were a marathon.