For Valentines Day, David was going to be out of town. (He is most every year, but we always find a way to celebrate at another time) But this year, I decided to meet him in San Fransisco. He had been there for several days already and was going to go straight from there to China. So, I met up with him a quick weekend getaway.
It's always a liberating feeling to fly alone. Only one other time have I gotten from the airport of a hotel all by myself. (the other time was in Tokyo) I felt so nervous about having to get a cab all by myself. But my prayers were heard when the nicest young lady drove up in her cab and gave me a ride. She immediately put me at ease and I felt so empowered when I arrived at our hotel to meet David.
We right away hopped on the first trolley car that came by and rode down to Fisherman's Warf. Then we walked over to Ghirardelli Square for some of the best ice cream.
This was the beautiful view of the Bay from our hotel.
I was super excited about a little surprise that I managed to pull off by surprising my dear friend Danelle. I conspired with her husband and he managed to trick her into thinking they were going to the Temple, but then ended up bringing her to their favorite restaurant as a "Valentines surprise". She was of course upset that they didn't go to the temple until she saw us standing inside waiting for them!! We had a fantastic dinner at Scala's and then chatted for a long time in the gorgeous hotel lobby.
This next day I was really itching for an adventure. We've been to SF many times and I really wanted to do something different. After some convincing, David agreed to "Bike the Bridge" with me. We rented some bikes and rode them under and then up and over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was amazing and offered some really spectacular views.
It quickly got very foggy, to the point we couldn't even see the bridge anymore! I was a little disheartened, but things eventually cleared up as we went up and over the top.
But first we explored the fort that was built before the bridge, and then the engineers of the bridge built it to accommodate the fort underneath.
Going across was a bit scary, in that there was two way bike traffic on one side of the bridge. The other side was for foot traffic. So, pulling over to take a picture or even look at the view was often scary because the "professional" cyclist didn't really like you stopping. BUT, I wasn't going to let their rude attitudes stop me from enjoying myself. David, who isn't too fond of heights, was a good sport. But he really just wanted off the bridge!
Once over the bridge, we wound our way through some gorgeous neighborhoods and biked through our honeymoon location of Sausalito. It's such a quaint little town and I just love it there. We ate ice cream and talked with a wonderful couple from Idaho for a long time. Then we waited in a ridiculously long line to catch the ferry back to San Fran to return our bikes.
This was the amazing sunset we witnessed on the ferry ride back. The ferry returned us a fairly long distance from where we needed to return our bikes. It was already dark, and my bum was so sore from biking all day that I couldn't even sit down! The 2 mile bike ride back to the store was excruciatingly painful. But we were surrounded by beauty the entire time. Once the bikes were returned, we caught an UBER ride back to our hotel.
It was a quick two days, but it was so wonderful to spend that time with David. We both learned a lot about nurturing our relationship. We both learned that sometimes there are things we really don't want to do, but the other pushes us to do them, and they turn about being such a blessing. Marriage is such a beautiful ride!
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