On our second day in San Francisco we decided to spend the morning at Muir Woods. There were so many perks about this day right from the get-go. First off, it was Easter Sunday. Besides being at home feasting on my mom’s famous Easter cupcakes, I cannot think of a better place to be on such a day. Enjoying the beauty and peacefulness of the earth? THANK YOU, GOD! It really was truly special. Also, the weekend we were visiting SF just so happened to be “Free National Parks Weekend”, so a point for us on that front, too.
Early in the morning we headed out to breakfast at Tartine {a place HIGHLY recommended to me by a number of people} only to find it closed! Dang you, Easter Sunday, after all. JUST KIDDING! So instead of loads of pastries {which, don’t worry, we got our fill of the next day}, we found The Dolores Park Cafe down the street that served us a good dose of eggs. And donuts! Fine by me. :)
When we were just about done with breakfast, we dialed up an UBER and headed over the Golden Gate bridge to get on a shuttle that would take us out to Muir Woods.
During our time in San Francisco we mixed it up between using UBER and using public transit. We found out that there was a shuttle service on weekends that went out to Muir Woods, which was great! It’s pretty far from the city {maybe 45 minutes or so}, so taking an UBER the whole way would have been pricey, making the shuttle was perfect for us. It was a long and windy road up to the woods. A few times we were so close to the edge I had to close my eyes! But was it ever beautiful!
Then, when we arrived at the National Monument we had a few hours to explore the beauty of the forest. It’s just so humbling and amazing to be in a place like this. You really feel like such a small part of a big world. I get caught up a lot in the “me me me” of my life, but dang! This place will set you straight. And the bigger picture is so important and incredible to see. We walked through the main trail for a little while, and then decided to take a longer hike up and around after looking at the map. You could stand inside the trees! One look up and it takes your breath away.
{thanks for the blurry photo, dear stranger! but really, I do love that last one a lot.}
It was such a good morning. California, man. What a fine, fine place.
