Dublin/San Fran

Thursday March 17th we woke up nice and early to enjoy St. Patty's Day by going to DUBLIN.....California ;)

It was fun to see my parents' apartment, explore Dublin with my Mom while Dad was at work, and do part of the bike trail near their home.  We also had fun enjoying the ambiance of their apartment's pool (we forgot swimsuits, but still sat pool-side). Luxurious much? ;)

This picture is hilarious!  Come visit Mom, and she'll have multitudes of goodies to feed you!

Plus favorite dinner requests!

We took the BART train from the airport to my parents' place.  Their new home is right off the stop!  It was also interesting to ride the BART like my Dad does every day to and from work.  (Luckily our BART ride was only a quarter as long as his...)

Their apartment complex behind us.

Their apartment is also right across from this huge tortoise!

Justice family motto:  "Be slow and moderate like the turtle!"
Also, I'm sure if Grandma Minnie was still with us, her tortoise would be this big in real life and I could ride on it like I did as a little girl!

My parents have a lot of nice amenities near by, including the bike trail Taylor and I made sure to do!

My new blue leggings Carlie got me for my birthday in 2 months!  She got them because we thought they were ducks, but they're actually chihuahuas!  Haha!  I guess it can remind us of our childhood dog!

Friday March 18th we drove to Point Reyes Lighthouse and saw all kinds of animals!  A fox, a coyote, dolphins, Tulle deer, elephant seals, lots of cows, and a pod of gray whales!  Even a cute mama and baby gray whale together swimming past the lighthouse!

Mom and Dad posing while Taylor uses the binoculars to see the whales closer.

Taylor and me posing while Mom uses the binoculars to see the whales closer...haha!

We probably stayed in this area for an hour just watching the whales swim by.

Family pic!

On our way back from the look-out point, we found a hawk at the rock we had just been sitting on!  Taylor was seriously so excited! Despite his overwhelming urge to hug it, he was scared it would bite his face off. Fear saved his life.

Pretty sure the hawk was watching the pod of whales too.

Mother-daughter pic.

Point Reyes Lighthouse in the background.

You had to go down many flights of stairs to get to the lighthouse.

Watching the elephant seals and harbor seals lounge on the beach.

Dad envying their life, and hoping to secure a retirement spot with them.

Then Taylor and I showed my parents the ins and outs of tide-pooling at Duxbury Reef where we found 2 crabs, anemones, and lots of hermit crabs!

Taylor explaining stuff to Mom.

Cute little hermit crabs. We found them in all different sizes from pea size babies to huge!

Mom was brave and held them all in her hands!

Taylor and Dad checking out the local surf real-estate.

My favorite was showing them the anemones and having them touch them!   Dad thought it was gross.  Haha!

Saturday March 19th we got my parents a library card and then headed to downtown SF.  We also enjoyed one of their new favorite meals at Yalla.

Now Seth needs to try Yalla and all the Justice clan will have eaten there!

 It was fun to go to my Dad's office and see where he gets off the BART and buildings he works in.

One of the buildings he has an office in.  It was a really cool triangular shape.

He also showed us the FDIC building that he's been going to since he started working 25 plus years ago!

Land End hike in midst of the city:

Golden Gate Bridge in the background!

The sea foam was awesome.  As were the crashing waves!

You can see the Golden Gate Bridge in the middle of this pic on the horizon!

The only thing missing:  Taylor singing "Part of Your World"...shirtless...in his C-shells.