San Francisco Day 2

Friday was our only full day in San Francisco. That morning we took a Segway tour around the Fisherman's Wharf part of the City. This was a blast and definitely the highlight of our trip. We did have a little trouble though when they let us goof off at the end of a pier that had a center area you could zip around. Chris was going one way and hot-rodding a little too much when another member of our group, from England, was going the other way. They realized they were going to have a head-on crash: Chris, as an American, instinctively swerved to the right, and the Englishman naturally swerved to the left, so they still hit each other and toppled. Chris was a little sore the rest of the trip but no permanent harm was done.

After the Segway tour we went and ate at Scoma's, Bishop Creer's favorite restaurant in San Francisco. Great seafood! Thanks for the recommendation. Then that afternoon we went to the Oakland temple. This brought back many memories of living in Carson City and attending the Oakland temple with the youth and by ourselves. To know there are now two closer temples (Reno & Sacramento) to our friends in Carson is exciting.

The man we asked to take this picture of us turned out to be the Oakland/Bay Area Mission President. He had been practicing with his missionaries in the Multi-Stake Center next to the Temple to sing the National Anthem. They were going to go sing it that night at the beginning of a Jazz/Golden State Warriors game.

You can see the San Francisco skyline, including the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate from the Oakland Temple: Beautiful.
After the temple we found a great Chinese restaurant to eat at in Chinatown. (Elaine was very good at asking the locals where the best places were to eat in each neighborhood). R&G Lounge on Kearney street didn't look like much from the outside but it had a long line and after a one hour wait we found out why. The food was great!