Mill Valley trip

Last weekend, Mitchell and I got away for the night! We bought a Living Social deal for a one night stay at a hotel in Mill Valley (north of San Francisco) a while ago and finally used our coupon. As soon as Mitchell got off work on Friday, we got in the car and headed west. The weather was beautiful and springy in Sacramento so we felt on top of the world! We got to our hotel in about an hour and a half and checked into our room! Mitchell photo bombed this pic I was trying to get of him relaxing on the bed...

After dropping things off at the room, we did a little googling to find a fun place to eat in Sausalito. We drove down to a place called Saulito and got the best seat in the restaurant. The restaurant overlooked the marina and bay that was right outside. Our seats were a little elevated and we could see right out and watch the sun set. Dinner was delicious!

We woke up on Saturday morning to pouring rain. :( But no worries, we had a plan. San Francisco has a newly remodeled science museum called Academy of the Sciences. It was awesome! The best science museum I have ever been to. I was in science nerd heaven. Check out some pics from the day...

 Every science museum needs a T.rex skeleton!

 Penguins! We got to watch the biologist feed them.

 Hissing cockroaches from Madagascar. I've held them before, nbd.

 In the rainforest!

 Mitchell really wanted a butterfly to land on him in the rainforest!

Swimming in the aquarium 

 Touching a live starfish!

OMG - an albino alligator!

When we left around 3:30pm, we walked out to a beautiful gorgeous, clear skies day! We did some scoping out of new areas in the city that we'll have to remember for the future. We found one spot that had a great view of the Golden Gate bridge.

 The Shakespeare Garden

The Legion of Honor Thinking Man... and Mitchell!

We hopped back in the car and drove to the little spot I know well for taking a great picture with the bridge behind you. I have yet to walk across the bridge but I will soon! It was a bit windy that day. After we took this great picture, we got in the car and drove back to Sacramento!

It was a 24 hour get-away and super fun!