Onward

 "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...."  Hiya gang.  I'm hanging out here at the airport waiting for my flight.

Let me check in and see if my flight is on time.  What, I'm at the wrong airline.  Time to dock my sekrebeary/travel agent for sending me the wrong info. 

Let me check the board.  Aha, I got it now. 

Now, I am at the right gate.  Just have to wait a few minutes.

Before my flight takes off a small breakfast.  

Hooray!  I'm in the plane waiting patiently for our takeoff.  

I made it.  Anyone have a guess where I am at?  Hint: It's a national park. 

 

Welcome to San Francisco!

Hello Blog Pals,
A few days ago I posted about snooping around the house and sneaking into my roommates bag.  Once inside I fell asleep and when I woke up I found out I was in San Francisco California!  Snooping and sneaking around really pays off.

Once we got settled in our hotel room and unpacked we all headed out for an adventure.  Surprisingly my roommates weren’t too upset with me for sneaking around, of course my half yearly annual review of them is coming up soon so perhaps that had something to do with their cheery attitude.

This trip we were very reliant on public transportation and our feet.  Our first destination was the Mission District.  Before we could go there our street car let us off in front of the US Mint.  We didn’t go in and ask for any free samples (I am sure that happens way too much) but I did get my picture snapped in front of it.  They have lots of fences around the building (kind of makes sense when you think about it).

Along our way to the Mission District we passed the Old Mission Delores and an awesome park with great views of the downtown area.

The Mission District is known for their street art and murals.  I don’t know why but we don’t have any pictures of the murals but if Beanie is ever to visit San Francisco this is the area to go.  There were full alleys painted with murals and you could watch the artists creating new ones as well.  The Mission District has some great dining options.

After our adventures in the Mission we decided to head back and rest a bit.  Before we knew it, it was time for dinner.  Where are we going?  Denny’s?  McDonald’s?  Taco Bell (oh wait we had Mexican food already today).  No, we’re off to the Fairmont.  A beary fancy hotel.   

We didn’t eat in the fancy (and expensive) lobby restaurant but instead we went to the Tiki Bar.  Apparently, they transformed their swimming pool into a Tiki Bar (complete with indoor rain storms every 15 minutes). 

My dinner of chicken wings, egg rolls (not sure how Polynesian those are) and cilantro noodle salad was beary good.  Of course I had to round out my dinner with a fancy island drink (Mai Tai).  Well, it was a beary long day but certainly worth it, San Francisco has so much for a little fox to do I wonder what is on tap for the next few days??????

A little trip

It was time for me to take weekend trip.  We decided to head south to try and avoid the rain.  It was still raining so we decided to explore a few antique stores.  Look at this cool bench, perfect for a fox.

 The antique store had a couple of animals too.  This bear didn't have a name (I know how tough that can be) but his tag said Concrete Bear.  He was pretty nice and he let me hang out with him while my roommates wandered around the store.

It was still raining.  I convinced my roommates to take me for some hot chocolate at Starbucks.  Here I am posing for a picture with the Univ of Oregon duck (ok, he is in the picture behind me).  I think they should change the mascot to a fox.  But I guess a duck makes sense too since it rains so much here. 

More rain.  Sigh, off to a winery.  This winery was great, they gave a little fox like me a big people sized glass of wine.  I drank it all by myself (aren't you proud?)

I better take a walk and explore.

Next day.  No rain for a while.  We took a long hike through the park.  Then we decided to visit an estate winery.  They had a tour. This room is where they store all the wine, it is like a cave.

The winery was on a a hill (did I mention there was no rain today).  I was able to enjoy a few scenery shots of me and the countryside.

To celebrate the lack of rain today and my good behavior on the tour my roommates decided to treat me to a fox sized glass of wine.  Much smaller than a human sized glass.  After all of that wine, touring, and walking I decided to take a "nap"

I was woken up when it was time to head back home.  I begged my roommates for one proper picture of me at the winery.  

Overall not a bad weekend away. I always could use more hiking but I still got lots of exploring and adventuring done.