We Made It - The first 3 Days!

New Years Eve marks our third day here in San Francisco.  We just finished having lunch in the apartment and before I doze off into my afternoon siesta, I wanted to write a quick update.


The last 778 miles from my last post went smoothly and on schedule.  We spent Monday evening in Fresno with Dexter.  While we missed Malen and the kids, it was exciting to see their new HUGE home.  We had a lovely dinner at an all-you-can eat sushi joint, which was really good :)  Dex warned us against leaving too early for the city because of the fog so we set off the next morning by 7:30am.


Our last leg was only 180 miles so given our average 650 miles days, this was nothing.  We were all so excited and extremely weary from all the driving.  Here are a few pics (although non with Dex! I can't believe we forgot to take a few pictures while we were with him!):

Anna's a trooper in the car.

We made it to California!!!

The Mojave desert - glad we didn't run out of gas around here.

This was on our last day of driving after our stop with Dexter in Fresno. It was bright and sunny and umm, we we glad to get out of the somewhat depressing US-99 - the industrial agriculture heartland of CA.

Crossing the Bay Bridge into San Francisco!  $4 to get across the bridge to our new home :)

At 10:30am it was a bit foggy.

Driving through the city on our way to North Beach.

Classic newbies, we were so excited to see the signs to North Beach.

Our street!! A steep incline on a residential block just steps from all the action.

The gang dances in celebration.  Our view is of the financial district - since its south facing, we get a ton of sun!

After we arrived, we took a walk around the block and relaxed for a bit before we started the next phase of unpacking.  It was a long day.  We got in at around 10:30am then picked up the Penske truck and then our stuff from ABF then returned the truck.  We were done by 11pm and we were spent.  At least we got that over with right away.

The next day (yesterday), we went to Anna's school in the morning to meet her teachers and hang out with her new friends.  The school is about 5 blocks from our apartment and it was so great to walk!  Anna had a great time and I'm thrilled that she has such wonderful teachers.  The afternoon consisted of more unpacking and we've essentially repeated that same schedule today.  After our afternoon nap, we're going to go out and be tourists :) I can't wait!!

Happy New Year everyone!! 2009 was amazing and I can't wait to see what amazing things 2010 will bring :)