For Memorial Day weekend, we headed up to San Francisco, San Jose, and Yuba City to have a visit with the Leedy Family. What fun we had! We started out meeting them at Alcatraz down at Pier 39 in San Francisco. We took a ferry out to "The Rock" and had a great tour. We have been wanting to go for quite a long time. We actually visited pier 39 when Sofie was pregnant with Danny, but unfortunately all the tours at that time were sold out. Who knew that 12 years later, we'd have our chance. It's not a real happy place of course, but the history that you see there is so interesting. One can only begin to grasp the realization of the past when experienced first hand. It's so amazing. That is one of the best things about our life. We get to see so many things that most people can only read about. After our tour, we had a yummy meal at Bubba Gumps restaurant! Then we headed to the Leedy's new place in Yuba City. We enjoyed a relaxing day at the house eating, playing the WII, watching movies, and playing outside. Alex really enjoyed himself as well having a backyard to run around in was a real treat. Then we headed out to see what the Winchester Mystery house was all about. That was also very interesting. It is an historical landmark located in San Jose. This is something that Dan's wanted to see for many years. After our tour we headed for a bite to eat then parted ways with the Leedy's. What a great mini vacation!
Calderon-Leedy's at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, CA
On the Ferry boat
This is the hat the prisoners wore
Getting ready to go in the main jail house
Cutie Gabe
Sweet Tristan
View from "The Rock"
Listening to the tour
Three levels of cells
Average cell
End of the tour in the mess hall
View of the Golden Gate Bridge....very overcast
San Francisco from the ferry
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