We met at the Walt Disney Family Museum, and while waiting for Nancy to park the car noticed that the view of Alcatraz we'd had 2 minutes earlier was suddenly non-existent. The fog comes in THAT quickly. Thank goodness we did the Golden Gate bridge yesterday - when we looked out at it today we could only see the bottom of one pylon.
The museum itself was excellent. Tons of information about Walt Disney - his life, how he got started, some of his early drawings from school and his first animations (these really cool Alice movies where he had a little girl act as Alice, superimposed on cartoon scenes!)
We also got to see some of the technical stuff he used (invented? Wayne got to read more of it than I did, Charlotte wasn't quite as interested in it all as we were) like the multi-plane camera.
It was awesome seeing the model of the original Disneyland, and great having Nancy there showing what had changed by the time she was going there. Nancy worked there a few summers when she was in college so has a ton of information about it.
After the museum it was time to eat, so we headed off to Fisherman's Wharf and Bubba Gumps.
The sea breeze had picked up quite a bit, and the idiotic tourists had believed the weather forecast where it said it was going to be warmer than yesterday, so we had no jackets or long-sleeves tops with us. We headed into the Bubba Gump souvenir store while waiting for our reservation, and Charlotte chose a hoodie to wear. Clearly we look trustworthy, because the registers were down in the store and they told us to take the jumper and just come back and pay when we finished our lunch. (Yes, we did go back and pay!)
Lunch was yummy - the servings were huge and the food was absolutely delicious. James even managed to eat some garlic bread and some jelly. He is still coughing a lot and not eating much, hopefully these antibiotics kick in properly soon.
After lunch we wandered back down Pier 39 and grabbed an ice cream on our way to see the sea lions. I didn't notice the smell quite as much this time, but the noise definitely hits you! We still couldn't see the bridge either, but did get a view of Alcatraz this time.
Saying goodbye to Nancy and Norm, who had a close to 3 hour journey home, we drove past the Full House houses for Charlotte and then back to the hotel.
We chose to eat at Chilli's tonight (another 20-25 minute wait, which equalled 40 minutes), but unfortunately it wasn't as good this time round. Obviously being busier makes a difference, and some people clearly understand our accents better than others. The Chuck E Cheese guy couldn't understand when I said "all-meat combo" pizza, and this guy somehow mixed up "corn" with "fries". Oh well.
Once again a long day, and late to bed for the kids.
