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San Fran Holiday Road Trip || December 2016

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Yaaaaaaas! Matthew and I got to take another holiday trip up to San Francisco for a visit. We drove up on a dry day following a TON of rain (and snow), so going up the 5 was absolutely gorgeous. Somewhat sadly, the majority of the photos I took are of the drive up... We spent the first day on a 20+ mile run through the city, so I didn't have my camera for that entire portion, and my phone died because I didn't bring my mobile charger, but I got a few images here and there otherwise. All in all, this trip was a complete 180 from our last trip. It was sunny the whole time, and we took public transit everywhere instead of driving. It was a great way to experience the ginormous city. <3

Per the usual, here's the adventure video and that Fall/Winter playlist for the laaaaast time! 

**DISCLAIMER!!!** Sorry about the slow load times on this one. I accidentally used the full-size files instead of the blog-resized files for about the first half of the show here.... whoops. <3

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Yet another amazing adventure for the books! Matthew and I made the trek up to San Francisco for the holidays. As you can see... Most of my footage is of the drive up (or down), with little going on around town it feels like... ha! Didn't bring my camera along on the 20+ mile run around town we took the first day... Managed to bring it along a little bit the second and third days... Anyway! I love SF, and can't wait to visit again. This trip was a total 180 from the last time we went up there. I highly recommend the Zephyr hotel, suuuupa cute and hipster. Plus, a wax Leo DiCaprio. That is all. :)


HEADING UP THE 5

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#BLUETOOTH

WHEN THE CAR STEREO CAN'T PLAY YOUR MUSIC... YOU GET CREATIVE. 

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^ I also got creative with the multi-expo function in my camera. While it doesn't work quite like my Nikon does, it's still fun to play with. :)

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Brace yourselves... miles and miles and miles of winter are coming. ;)

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ARRIVAL

Alright, well road trips are very exhausting, so not much in this section, but I saved some goodies for days 1 + 2!

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DAY 1 

Alright, well full day 1 is kind of sparse, Matthew and I took a 20+-mile run through the city, without my camera, and without a spare battery for my phone (oops. Pokemon Go killed it). Here's some smackerels anyway, starting with some hotel details:

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DAY 2

Welp, aside from getting suuuuper ill from eating too much ice cream (I didn't know I was lactose until about an hour after... I never really thought much of the discomfort in the past, but I never really ate that much dairy before, so... yeah. Not fun.), day 2 was a quaint adventure on the subways and buses and trains/trolleys through town from where we were staying at Pier 39 over to Haight-Ashbury to do the standard tourist thang. We ended up finding a restaurant called "Sparrow" that was equal parts hipster and adorable and delicious.

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Nerd Alert!

As a city planner, I geeked out by the public parklet. A parklet is typically when a city takes a parking space or 2 (sometimes more!) and creates a pleasant passive recreational area out of it. In this case, outdoor dining type stuff. <3

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BYEEEEE (BACK DOWN THE 5 WE GO)

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We ended our trip at a sweet little BBQ joint off the 5 on the way back home. Moooo!


PS, some random stuff from the ole iPhone (most of it came up in the adventure video)

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tags: Adventure, Road Trip, Roadtrip, wanderlust, San Francisco, The Zephyr Hotel, Zephyr SF, The 5, Interstate 5
categories: Adventure, Personal
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Posted by Alexis Vaughn