The Spaulding Way: Tourist Week

After Christmas in Utah we had another week off work and school so we brought Josh back to California with us to spend a week with us. We partied all week long!
Partying included:
-Eating at Pizza Chicago
-Touring Alcatraz
-Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge
-Taking a beautiful walk by the ocean only to find the rest of the path to the lighthouse was closed
- San Jose Tech Museum
-Eating amazing donuts at Pyscho Donuts!
-Christmas in the Park Ice Skating
-The boys went to Jiu Jitsu one night
-New Years Eve celebrated with a game of minute-to-win-it! Champion......Jeff!!!
-Bop-it competitions

It was amazing that it was a clear day and I was able to get better pictures than the last time I was at the bridge.

Near the Point Bonita Lighthouse (we didn't make it all the way)

The door to the tunnel that continued the path to the lighthouse was locked. We missed it by an hour, but we did find "The Hatch" *picture below (if you are confused, then you must not be a "Lost" fan)

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The tour of Alcatraz of incredible. We did the headset tour where you wear a headset and a recorded tour guide guides you around the prison and actually prisoners and guards from that prison tell stories of what it was actually like to live on the island. We also listened to a Ranger tell stories of the different attempts to escape the island. It was thoroughly entertained. My only complaint was that I wish I had worn more layers because it was freezing on that island!

*Warning, creepy picture below. :)

This is how a few attempted to escape. They made fake faces to put in their bed. Crazy! It almost worked except it was a little hard to swim in freezing water all the way to the main land.