Muir Woods & The Sulavers

Doug and I left this morning for our 10:30 AM reservation at Muir Woods. We had never been and were extremely excited about visiting the national park. We arrived an hour early and were thankful that they let us in right away. The entire two-mile walk was absolutely beautiful. The cold weather and the rain did not deter us from enjoying our hike at all. It was so beautiful to see the redwoods, and it was fun knowing that we were standing on the spot where Vertigo was filmed and one of the first United Nations meetings was held. Besides a lot of pictures, I also made sure to get a national park stamp and sticker from the gift shop for Cameron‘s national park book that we bought in the Everglades two years ago.  On our drive out of the mountains that housed Muir Woods, we found an In and Out Burger for lunch.  Neither Doug nor I had ever been there and were happy to finally find out what all of the buzz was about.  

Since we were so close to San Francisco, Doug and i decided to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and stop by the Full House house on our way to San Jose. The last time we were in California, the home was under renovation, so it was neat to see it without all the scaffolding up. We made it to Aunt Rosie‘s house by 3 PM. They were ready for us, and we were super excited to visit with them. Uncle Mike wanted us to go with him to a Korean War monument on top of Mount Umunhum. The weather was perfect at the bottom, but once we made it to the top of the almost 3500-foot-high mountain, the weather had changed drastically from sunny and warm to cloudy, rainy, windy and cold. The views that we hoped to see were nonexistent, and even the monument was hard to spot just a few feet from us. We didn’t mind, however, as we had so much fun on our afternoon adventure.

Our last stop of the day was BJ’s Brewhouse. It was one of Mike and Rosie‘s favorite places to go for happy hour. They had great recommendations for beer to try and several food specials on the menu. Both Doug and I enjoyed listening to all that they had been up to in the past six years since we last visited. It is rare that we get to spend time with anyone in the Heinisch family outside of Uncle Dan and Uncle Phil, so it was very special to us. They had lots of great memories to share making for a wonderful day in Silicon Valley.