Day four started out at the same early hour. I enjoyed another quick workout and breakfast with Pam before dropping her off for her morning activities. Pam only had a half day, so I decided to go for a walk and let Little D sleep in as she is still nursing her cold.
After my walk, I got Little D up, and we packed since we needed to change rooms for the day. Pam was done and met up with us for an afternoon of fun and sightseeing. Little D had done a spectacular job as team captain! But truth be told, there is only one team captain in this fam bam, and that person is Pam! With Pam at the helm, she led us to the San Fran aquarium. I live in a family of animal people which means lots of visits to zoos and aquariums.
Pam was as excited as a Rigo when he reaches down and sees he is holding a pair of aces against his arch nemesis Jonathon who has been known to bluff! Pam wanted in so she could see her beloved river otters. Pam truly believes that someday she will own an otter so she can "cuddle it and play with its toes!" Pam was pleased to see the sea otter but rather disappointed when her request to play with the river rat fell on deaf ears!
We enjoyed the aquarium but found ourselves a touch on the disappointed side as it was minimal with few attractions. We shrugged it off and went in search of food. Holmes had visited the area a few weeks earlier and told tales of enjoying a scrumptious In-N-Out Burger close to the sea. Neither Pam or I spoke of this tale because we didn't want to jinx the possibilities of getting our hooks around a Double-Double Animal Style. After a short walk around Fisherman's Wharf, we spotted the treasure and aimed our sights on the California delicacy.
I gave my customary score of 5 palm trees while Pam came in with a close 4.9. After grubbing on some burgers and texting Cathe to let her know they are still good, we continued our walk down to Hyde Street Pier. This pier is unique as it is a National Historic Park and has several large sailboats and other old vessels that were important to the development and commerce of the Bay area. Little D and Pam went an explored the ships while I deemed my sea legs unworthy and sat on a bench to watch the waves and take in the sun like a beached sea lion.
Little D had been itching all week to get her feet in the ocean and spend some time on the beach. She didn't seem to mind the fact the water is freezing. She took off her shoes and ran back an forth as the tide rolled in. Pam and I sat for an hour and watched Little D. We talked about how much we missed our Pea and loving all the stories about all the fun she was having exploring other foreign lands and touching people lives in profound ways.
Little D spotted a dock way out on the horizon and decided we needed to continue in that direction. The dock went out a way into the bay. It was breezy but warm, unlike the past few days.
Little D enjoyed walking next to me on the concrete curb and pointed out that it made her taller than me. Once we reached the end of the dock, we came up to Fort Mason. This Fort was established by the Spanish when they first colonized the city. The US took over the fort. It remained in operation until the mid-1960's.
We continued up a very steep hill that overlooked the bay and the fort. Little D noticed a park on the other side. Pam knowing full well that I took every opportunity to let Little D do whatever she wanted that last few days to get a leg up on the early voting for Parent of the Year pulled out the wild card and suggested that we go see the house from the hit TV series Full House. Little D quickly pointed out how "happy" she was with her mama and how "this trip is just the best" because of her! Disgusted by Pam's trick to pull ahead in the voting, I tailed them a few yards behind as Pam navigated the bus system to get us where we needed to be.
Although Pam and Little D liked the Full House house, to me it was just another house. Regardless of my thoughts, they were delighted with Pam's find--Little D as she got to wave to Uncle Jessie and Joey her were looking out the window and Pam because she knew she was leading by a large margin in the polls.
After Little D waived goodbye to Uncle Jessie and Joey, We caught yet another bus that put us outside our hotel. We checked into a room that was a touch bigger but not by much. Once again, Little D was totally pumped with the view from our room.
Since we were starving and it was officially 10:00 pm Texas time, Pam felt we should go to the local Denny's to dine on some flapjacks in honor of Holmes aka Tony, who has shared all the tricks of navigating through San Fran.
With our bellies full of pancakes and our hearts filled with ove, we laid our bodies down to rest as the Fitbit calculated we put in a solid 12 miles for the day. Day 5 will bring on more fam bam fun with Pam and also bring us one more day closer to our much-needed reunion with our Pea whom Little D dearly misses!
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