San Francisco Day 3: Oakland, Alameda, Half Moon Bay

On Sunday we decided we wanted to see more of the outlying city than be in the thick of it since Saturday was crowded and busy enough so we headed over to Oakland to see the temple. The grounds were so beautiful with the lawns, flowers and fountains (something we miss here at the Las Vegas Temple).



The view from the visitor's center. Wouldn't that just make you want to come to the temple all the time?

If you look closely you can actually walk up on the second level where the hand rails are. They had it open so we went up and the flower beds were so pretty up there too.

This is the view from up top and there is actually water running down the middle between the two fountains.


After that, we drove over to Alameda and took a tour of the USS Hornet which is an aircraft carrier that served in World War II. We took a tour of the engine room and Dave having done the USS Midway in San Diego too, said we could see and do a lot more on this carrier than what they had open to the public on the Midway. Unfortunately we left without getting any pictures of how big it really was so I guess we just have to go back again.

I thought this was interesting, the stats of the ship.

Down in the engine room

Up on the flight deck.
Looking over to San Francisco off the back of the ship.

When we finished up the tour we drove down to Half Moon Bay, which we were told we had to go see and drive back along the coast. I'm sure it would've been beautiful to see, but since we left too late in the day, it was already fogged back over in the late afternoon to actually enjoy it.

As a side note, when we made it back to the city, we went to see Iron Man 2 since we already had a babysitter, why pay for another one?! I loved it and thought it was just as good as the first. Dave on the other hand, liked it, but didn't love it like the first one. But still a great movie.