Road Trip - Part 1

Full tank of gas: check.
Assorted CDs: check
Snacks: check.
Enough time allotted for the drive so that if The Boy flips out and needs to run around and blow off some steam we can pull off at a rest-stop: (hopefully) check.

The longest The Boy has ever spent in the car was the 4 hour journey between Hubs' parents house and his grandmother's when we visited England in May. There was also the 2 hour drive to San Diego when we went down to visit the zoo for The Boy's first birthday. Both drives went well, for the most part, but when they went badly they went reeaaaalllly badly. So it was with a certain amount of nervousness that we set about making the 6-7 hour drive up to the San Francisco Bay Area.

A bright and sunny Sunday morning, before we knew it we were on the Grapevine.

A lunch break halfway up the 5 gave The Boy the chance to try Denny's for the first time

Of course the reality of traveling with a toddler means that we had to run several laps around Denny's before getting back in the car.

And then, after a nice long nap, The Boy woke up in Berkeley - my alma mater, in case you missed the bajillion times I've mentioned it.

On campus, The Boy saw his first protest in the form of Occupy Berkeley, which seemed to have degenerated from a big student protest to 4 homeless guys and their dogs.

The Boy was curious nonetheless

We had to take a requisite shot under Sather Gate

And after a look at the Campanile

We drove over to Marin for dinner at my aunt and uncle's house.

We left my uncle's and headed to our hotel in the City. The Boy was asleep as we went over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a verrryyy long day, but we were ready for a full day the next morning.