San Francisco Here We Come

We left Napa Valley and the Mercedes fleet at the last possible minute - checkout was noon, the last bag left our room at 11:59:59 am. We really loafed, with a late breakfast and leisurely packing. As usual, I used their fitness room. It's a really nice room, with the weight equipment outside on the deck and the aerobic machines sitting inside looking through picture windows.

You make exercise fun, June 2012

We stopped in Sausalito on the way down. It's just north of San Francisco, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and seemed like a good lunch stop. We walked around a bit; it was very crowded as it's an unseasonably warm and sunny Sunday around here today.

Boats on the dock of the bay

Although we could almost see our hotel across the Bay from Sausalito, Sunday afternoon coming-back-from-the-country traffic made the 13 mile trip about 40 minutes. Not that it was a problem; we're on vacation and have no time schedule, remember?

The hotel is quite nice, but the Ritz-Carlton suffers from a la carte disease: everything is extra on top of a hefty room price. But as the wife always says, don't sweat the small stuff. So we just left the car with the valet and I'll re-mortgage the house next month to pay off the parking fee.

Putting on the Ritz, June 2012

Dinner was easy and nearby: Chinatown. The Ritz is technically in Chinatown, not that you could tell. But we walked a few blocks (and one very big hill) and had a very nice meal.

 

Chinatown, June 2012