Views of the Golden Gate Bridge from Hawk Hill & Battery Spencer

Despite all of the times we've been to San Francisco, we've never stopped to take photos of the bridge.

I know it's a "touristy" thing to do but dammit, we were going to do it for this trip...

Muir Beach Overlook

Not too far from the Muir Woods National Monument was another scenic spot in Mill Valley...

We missed the turn and but no worries, we were able to find our way...

Passing through Marin County...

With coffee from Well Grounded in our system, we set the gps for our next stop which was a one and a half hour drive to the other side of bay. On the map, El Cerrito and Point Reyes looks pretty close by but in reality, it was a LONG ASS DRIVE! Our first task was getting through this...getting on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge...

which we drove on back in Summer 2011 to check out the Marine Mammal Center (Free!)...

Luckily, we have a transponder (since we use the 125) and guess what people, it works for all bridges in California. So we passed up all of these poor bastards and zipped through more easily than most, heh heh...

The Marine Mammal Center

Well, here we are! TC was so excited. She is really into animals whether they are land or marine mammals. We figured we'd use this trip to foster her interests and hopefully she would enjoy this little excursion...

Day 2 - On our way to the MMC

Our second day in the Bay Area took us out of Berkeley and into the area known as the Marin Headlands. But first, we picked up some snacks at another location of Andronico's (this is the one on University Ave). This store was not as big as the one on Shattuck. I was disappointed because their deli section was much smaller and they didn't have what I was looking for but no worries since we found other items for lunch...

We loaded up on bread, fruit, deli meat and cheese before heading off...