A few months ago I decided to attend the 2014 Biophysical Society National Meeting in San Fransciso. I was pretty excited because the meetings tend to be in places that I never want to see or have a chance to see, but this time I invited my parents to join me for a few days prior to the conference for some sightseeing. This was probably one of the best choices I have made this year. It was wonderful to get a chance to see a whole new part of the country and to do it with my parents that is priceless.
The first day, we headed down to Carmel and Monterey Bay. We took time to drive down the Pacific Coast Highway. I will write an entire post about that this week. It was so neat to see the Pacific Ocean. I tend to think of the ocean as a peaceful place but not out here, it was so difference than the gulf coast.
After scoping out the pacific coast, we returned to the north to see what San Francisco had to offer. We observed the golden gate bridge, this was really all I saw of it until I got on the plane to go home. Gotta love the fog. We spent a day and a half roaming around San Francisco seeing some of what there was to offer. I am sure there are a million things that we didn't see but it was so neat to see different things and ride the trolly. Again, there is a full post coming about this later this week.
I loved every single second of being able to see a whole new part of the country with my parents. As I have gotten older I have much more respect for my parents and the blessing that they are to me. I am so lucky to be able to enjoy their company and want to hang out with them. I am looking forward to sharing more of what we saw and the cool things that are different on the West Coast.
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