Things to Do RVing with (and without) Kids in San Francisco
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While RVing in San Francisco, we have clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl at Fisherman's Wharf, tour the infamous prison Alcatraz, and watch the sunset over the Pacific Ocean with our kids. On a date night, we paddle into McCovey Cove for a Giants game and take a trolley ride.
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Wow! Expensive but feeling safe outweighs the cost! What a fun adventure and love the jeep!
How much fun! I lived there for a year when I worked for an Airline. I was a tourist for a year before being able to move back my Seattle base! Never made it to Alcatraz because of my schedule but Winchester Mansion was the BEST! Theft deterrent...have a visible red blinking alarm light visible from all windows including the back window. I got mine at an auto store.
Just parking in San Francisco is an adventure. The last time I was in San Francisco I stayed in a hotel on fisherman’s wharf. I left my car in the hotel parking lot the whole time. I rode my bike across the Golden Gate each day and rode the cable car to the other places I wanted to go. The clam chowder in the sourdough bowl was great! I did eat at In & Out a couple of times. Love eating in China Town!
My girlfriend’s, we’ve been best friends since 4th grade Sunday school/church, (and we’re now 56ish), and I went to San Fran and loved it!! I totally get, Merisa, what you said about the Golden Gate Bridge; it’s just majestic! Thank you for sharing the awesome story about your daddy and bridges. I miss my daddy and love that reminder of him when I see good ‘ol tractors from the 70’s and 80’s and smell diesel fuel; bunch of farmers! Lol!! ❤️
This brought back so many memories for me as a 19 year old. I lived in San Francisco for a year and spent the COLDEST summer of my life there. We were on the bay, right on the water.
One thing about SF, it's EXHAUSTING! I grew up in the Bay Area and after the 70's SF got traffic and many more people... Glad I saw it when I was young enough to do the walking. I would love if you got to see everything you wanted. There is ALWAYS more. I always loved the zoo. Oh gosh, so much going on.
Great video as usual! Got an iRocker because of your influence - all that fun on Tahoe - and really glad to hear your friends SUP has held up like it has.
My home town ❤️ I learned to drive a stick on the streets of San Francisco. Boudin’s great for sourdough and clam chowder. Tell Hensley my mom was afraid of Laughing Sal when she was a little girl growing up with the Fun House in SF.
Great video! Nice adventure going out to see Alcatraz. Hope the kids enjoyed it and your sister. That sour dough with clam chowder looked good! That was nice you got to canoe with friends to listen to the Giants game on the radio. The trolley cars looked like fun. I had fun on this adventure with you. Thank you. Hope you had fun with you sister Marissa. Hope you have a great night and week! Safe travels.
Thanks for watching!
Normally I would suggest that you take the kids to the museums in Golden Gate Park and the Tea Garden. Possibly the Conservatory, but you've pretty much covered everything out on your travels.
My husband was in the US Coast Guard for 30 years (retired 2017) and we were stationed in Petaluma, CA, just north of SF. We LOVED going into SF. We had our favorite places to eat and things to do. I love it and miss it very much!
Susan, could you give me some lunch suggestions and suggestions on where to park while visiting Alcatraz?
It's so great seeing Hensley and JJ having a great time! Thank you for sharing your SF experiences with us!
I love to visit San Fransico. I have the same Minnie Winnie you do and we took out our glass shower doors and put in a curved shower rod and a shower curtain. It gives more room. I love bridges too. It looks like you all had a great time.
We had a great time, thank you.
I watched your video of your visit. That was good enough for me.
It’s great that the kiddos have others to play with while y’all can head off an enjoy some time together. We hope to see y’all on the road! Kayaking is awesome! 🛶
Thank you so much
Was in San Francisco 1983 and stood right where you were standing at the Golden Gate Bridge. Beautiful. We did the tour of Alcatraz. Ha, at that time I never dreamed I would be a corrections nurse, now in my 13th year. Started out Varner Supermax, death row. Glad you toured. Always enjoy your videos. You have a precious family!
It's wonderful watching JJ shift from baby to child, and Hensley from child to young lady. Thanks for sharing your amazing life with us.💖
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching.
I’ve never been to San Francisco and 65 years old that was a fabulous trip for me this evening thank you so much for sharing I love you all to pieces and bits and bits
Reminds me of driving my stick shift Subaru through the city when I visited in 2018 and 2019. 😆 Fun!
I just left a job last year after 7 years building girders for bridges. We built anything from 2 ton to over 100 ton, the biggest one was just over 100 ton. It was a awesome experience, but not something I was wanting to make a career out of.
Be safe in the city! I went across that bridge everyday for over 30 years...in ever tired of that beautiful city!
As a SF bay area resident I am so glad you had a great time!
Amazing- loved it. So glad to see it through your eyes 👀! I’ve never been! Love seeing the big cities too!
Thanks for bringing us along!
Thank you for showing such a beautiful city😊 And no fog😊😊
What an amazing experience! Thank you for sharing.
You got to ring the bell on the trolley!!! Oh you lucky woman. I always wanted to ding out a tune like the trolley drivers do. Thanks for the trip back. It's been years!
You guys got lucky that you had a sunny day!
As usual you make everything fun and interesting glad you guys had a safe time!
Thanks for watching!
What a fantastic experience.,loved every min of it.
Looks like an interesting place, for a day or two. Like you guys cities are a nice place to visit for a couple of days, but just for a couple of days. Keep the good stuff coming guys and give the kids a hug for me.
I really enjoyed San Francisco!
It has so many things to see and good food to eat! It's a beautiful city!
When I was little we'd go to SF all the time (I had relatives who lived there)... all of those old time arcade machines came from Play Land at the Beach (no longer there)... and the Cliff House (currently not open).... they have ALWAYS been worth the time to see. You're walking streets we've walked 1000's of time. I used to take students on field trips to Alcatraz... it is really interesting. You got beautiful weather (no fog).... one of THE most expensive cities in the world.... and one that, sadly, many native Californians won't spend much time in anymore. The crime and homelessness is just oppressive. Glad you had a good time.
I love bridges too
My heart belongs to the Mighty Mac
Great video of your time in San Franciso but I think my favorite was seeing Auntie enjoy time with the children.❤❤
Glad you all had a great time! So many things to see,not enough time. Look forward to more of your adventures.
Thank you, more to come!
My old stompin' grounds! Grew up in the South bay, but dated in SF, Monterey, Carmel, Santa Cruz. Moved to TX in '93. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! :)
Looks so fun. I think our kids would want to ride the trolley back and forth all day. 😂 I'd love to see the bridge up close like that for sure!
Wow! Looks like fun.
How fun guys!!!
Always wanted the check out places y'all went. Thanks
How Fun!!! Great job
Thanks so much!
Oh boy! You just took me on a tour of my childhood. I miss CA so much. I'm glad you got to do all those things because it is starting to go downhill and getting dangerous in SF. The first time I saw the Golden Gate bridge- I was about 6- I got so upset because when I finally saw it it was ORANGE! I was so upset because I thought it was going to actually be GOLD. Thanks for the memories! BTW- if you go thru Santa Cruz for the Beach and Boardwalk- if you haven't already - try and go to Marianne's Ice-cream downtown. It's the best and an icon. It's a hole in the wall but right now they will have watermelon- you might like to try it- and a few other flavors! MO
Thank you for sharing your adventure in the big city. Blessings
Thanks for watching!
Aren’t you happy you made the decision to do what you’re doing? I’m happy you’re sharing your adventures & that you’re showing both the positives & negatives. From the sometimes awe struck look on your faces, the positives FAR outweigh the negatives! Thank you for taking the extra steps to share it all with us❣️
San Fran, my favorite city. I never worried about our car getting broke into back when I was going there. But you were cautious and educated and made the best of it.
So glad you guys had fun 😊 .i from Sacramento. nice to have you near bye.
My mother was born and raised in San Francisco and I used to live there myself. Born and raised in the Bay Area. It made me happy to see you guys enjoying San Francisco but sad at the same time because it has been destroyed by liberal policies.🥲
Beautiful Sunset
Such a beautiful spot 😍
My daughter and I flew in to SF for the day, rented a jeep, and had those roller coaster feels.
What a great video, I remember when I did almost everything, good memories, happy your sister got to visit with you and the kids sure they were happy...can wait for the next one, enjoy and be safe.....
Thanks so much!
So glad you had such a wonderful San Francisco experience. I was there 20 years ago and did much the same tour as you. We went across the Golden Gate to Mier Woods and to San Rafael. San Francisco is magical!
Sounds like you had a great time!
Awesome tour. Thanks 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Enjoyed revisiting San Francisco through your video..great place to visit
What a fun trip!
Your videos are always so well done and fun! Thank you so much...but I think I might have gotten a tiny bit panicked on that return trip under the pier or bridge or whatever that was. Yikes! I am so impressed with the guy on the stand up board...legs of steel, there!
it was an adventure. 😀
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. Looks like you enjoyed time there. Was your dad an Operating Engineer? I was a member and worked for Local 3 Operating Engineers for 30 years.
We had a blast! Such a beautiful city. He worked construction for many years.
Great coverage of SF. There are so many choices of things to do in SF. that it is difficult to make up your mind and I think you made great choices of where and what to do. I was there in may of 2010 and it was a different environment as the country was still hurting from 2008 real estate crash so tourism was at a low and a perfect time to visit. Prices were low and lots of places to stay. I flew in, took the BART to Market St. and walked to my hotel near Union Sq. Walked, public transited and taxied everywhere for 5 days. If there is one tip I would give is that having a car in the city is not recommended. parking can be tough to find and expensive during the day. Overnight parking in 2010 was $30 today its probably triple that today . I did the drove coast hwy for the other 5 days using a rental car. Definitely one of my fave vacations.
Sounds like you had a lovely time on your trip!! :)
I stayed at that beach parking lot and the scary candlestick lot. You made the right choice.
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. I did the back side of Lombard Street in a car with a stick. Talk about nerve racking and having quick feet. I long since moved away but the beauty of the city still calls me back.
San Francisco is the best place to explore. So many things to see and do there. You are in my neck of the woods.
Oh wow I loved The San Francisco tour I want to go there too.
It was adorable to see how much JJ and Hensley love their Aunt. Glad your trip was safe, went there in 2000 and it was still a nice place to go. Be safe.
Yes it was! Thank you.
Thank you for giving me a tour of San Fran. Probably will never get there in person. Love your family trips. Fabulous home/nature schooling. 👍💕
Our pleasure!
Glad you enjoyed San Francisco, it is a great place to visit but living here isn't the same, it is nice to see a positive "tourist perception" of the city, Entertaining VDO for sure.
Agree
Highly entertaining. Well done!
I have been once and it is a pretty town. I don’t know whether the Japanese Tea Garden is there anymore but, that was a fun place to visit and standing briefly in Monteray Bay was nice as well.
The Boudin sourdough clam chowder bowl is one of our favorites in Disney California. Ghirardelli is a favorite free snack our kids like to get at the park as well. When heading farther south, there is a low cost city campsite in Simi Valley that right by the location they filmed Little House on the Prairie if you have not already passed through the LA area. Great price, easy to get into and not far from much of LAs fun to go places (30-45 minutes on avg), plus it feels almost as rural as the tv show did.
If you go there you should check out the Old Susana cafe, as it was a favorite of the cast of Little House and many other shows. There are also multiple filming studios in the area. It is not uncommon to see them filming a movie throughout the city, because most don’t even know it exists.
A trip to the Exploratorium and the Steinhart Aquarium would've been a great experience for your kids. I enjoyed them as an adult. Probably more than Alcatraz. But I've never gotten a chance to ride the cable cars. That's on my bucket list
Humphreys by the Bay, San Diego is a great paddle spot for night concerts. You can sit out in the bay for a free concert just outside Humphries. Billy Idol will be there this month..
Glad you had a great time here in the Bay Area!
Oh my gosh...the kayaking to McCovy Cove is a dream! Harry's a HUGE Giants fan and he and Tory have actually been on a boat in the Cove during an A's/Giants game (she's A's, he's Giants! LOL!) so he really loved this part of the video! You guys had quite the time in SF...next time you are near we'll give you some insider places to go see! Loved seeing the City through your eyes!
I lived in the san fran area for 7 years. Loved it there. OMG you are making me cry. I miss it there. Moved to FL to retire. We dropped the tranny on one of those steep hills. Omg.
It is such a beautiful city!
Soooo AWESOME!
Thanks!!
really beutiful San Francisco, nice trip family, ...JJ was looking at the doll like it was a demon hahaha don't scare him Nathan hahaha, all is beautiful there, thanks for sharing dear family
We were at the same places last week, enjoy. Ken & Alice
Dave & Val are the best tour guides & chaperones you could have asked for - such a fun video👍😎🇺🇸 ⚾️
We agree! They were awesome.
Oh this is going to be so cool for the kids if they haven’t already seen the new Minion movie. The Rise of Gru. Iconic part of movie is that street. Lol
Welcome to my Home! Hope you guys had a great time!
Thank you, we did.
I'm retired from KNBR the Giants radio station, and have spent many hours at the park. Also, instead of spending so much to stay in SF, you could have stayed at the rv park at the Dumbaton Bridge, or Lake Chabot which are less than an hour from SF.
San Francisco is amazing I wish I would have gone on to Alcatraz but ran out of time❣️❤️
Been to San Fran many times. Our daughter's family lived in San Jose for several years. Don't ever visit again, but I don't care to ever visit CA again either. Never understood the attraction of Alcatraz but love Monterey bay.
Nathan got video-bomb in the Cove... Awesome!!!! Lolololol!!!!
Love you are getting to tour San Francisco, one the coolest cities. Great food, great arts, beautiful views, great parks. And Alcatraz is super cool, it is amazing the families that lived there too, not just the prisoners. I am behind but I hope you make it is Muir Woods, also Big Basin Redwoods State park is on park with the national parks and really fun to visit. Half Moon Bay was always a favorite hang out while we lived in the South Peninsula and they have the best Cioppino Seafood Stew.
Thanks for watching!
That is an awesome bridge and that it survived many earthquakes over the years, including the one back in the 1989. My folks few in and out of San Francisco the day before that earthquake hit. We lived in Hamilton AF Base north of San Francisco, when I was a little older than Hensley. We have been on that bridge many times, flew over and I was on a boat ride under it.
San Francisco is really awesome. I hope you get some Sour Dough bread to take with you. My dad got some sour dough bread every time he flew to San Francisco when he flew for United Air Lines. I would want to take a side trip to Apple Park and see their big round building.
Great content.
When you all drove up that iconic street that is so step did it bring out the Steve McQueen in both of you all. The October 1968 Movie Bullitt was filmed in and around some iconic streets of San Francisco. I know you all are a bit younger then I but you all should rent the movie after you have driven through those streets.
did a day in spring in SF. not a place for a manual, wow is all I'll say. did Lombard then parked in a lot near fisherman' wharf. Nothing in my car with console and glove boxvopen, and not broken into, a plus. A quick and fun day in the city
I have a "Big-Little Sister" too!! I'm 5'7" and she's 6'1"!! Sister's are the best 🥰
Note: If you are going out of SanFrancisco, into the East Bay and North Bay counties there is no expensive Bridge Toll locally. However, going back into SF via Bay Bridge or San Rafael Richmond will cost $$. If you head towards Sacramento or Reno Nevada you will pay bridge tolls at the Carquinez bridge going north on Hwy 80 too! Safe travels! Reno Nevada is a popular Bay Area get away playground. Skiing in the Sierra Nevada during the winter, etc,. Enjoy the Bay and all its great vacation spots. The Sierra Nevada and Reno are only 4 hrs North of San Francisco. Reno has Circus Circus for kids! ;-)
The best part of San Francisco is Sam's Anchor Cafe, across the bay in Tiburon. You can take the ferry there.
Thanks for sharing.
Surprised you didn't visit Coit Tower, such great views of the city. Paddling out to the cove (in Kayak McKayak?) is so cool! I love the idea of signing the board on it's adventures!
Next time!
Yup, "THE CITY" can be a fun experience if you have planned well, and you have a veteran who knows the ropes.
Next episode, do you go to Golden Gate Park Steinhart Aquarium?
Bicycle through/around Golden Gate park?
Chinatown?
Cable Car Museum?
Saint Mary's Cathedral?
Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral?
Was Fort Point closed?
Oh man, when you were driving, all I heard was ... dada dada dada wawa wawa waa waa waaa....The Steets of San Francisco, a Quin Martin Production! HAHAHA!
Did you hear Tony Bennett while watching the sunset?
Glad you recieved the city chill "fog rolling in" evening experience on the cable car.
So happy the you met Laughing Sal! She is a legend!
The rotating bar/lounges are a thing of the past. And the Carnelian Room has closed. Bummer!
Be smart, stay safe, San Francisco has some sketchy parts!
Honestly kayaking under the pier looked scary to me. LOL I lived in SF awhile back and still work there. Once in awhile I like to do a touristy thing and explore the city. Groupon used to have a lot of offers for fun tours. Loved Musee Mechanique. Exploring inside the USS Pampanito submarine is pretty awesome too.
Thanks for sharing
Welcome to my home town.
You are in my area of the San Francisco Bay Area specifically San Francisco. I live just south in Daly City. I hoped you enjoyed your time in the City.
Two other places great fir families with children are the Exploratorium on one the piers around fisherman’s wharf and the Ferry Building.
2nd Golden Gate Park, art museum, and the Academy of Science which has a planetarium.
Take care and safe journeys.
Thanks bunches for sharing! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻
You are so welcome!
Love from love have great time
We saw where your friends had a Belton Lake Texas on the paddle board. We live at Belton Lake Texas. It’s a small world. We enjoy your TH-cam channel very much.
Thank you so much.
"Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat" is no more! I heard a commercial the other day and they have dropped the "San Francisco Treat" part. Why do things have to change? Glad somebody else remembers. the way it was.🙂