Monday March 25th 2013 - Day Four

Monday was Doris’ birthday.  We celebrated with a trip to Golden Gate Park.  Our first stop was the Japanese Tea Garden. Doris and I had not been there before.  It was a nice time of the year to visit with a lot of plants starting to bud or flower.  We had tea in the tea garden’s tea house. Our next stop was right next door at the California Academy of Sciences. This is a combination museum, zoo, IMAX theatre and Aquarium.  We really enjoyed the variety of exhibits they had. After that stop, we headed west for a quick stop at the tulip garden at the west end, and then on to the coast. We spent the early evening hiking around the Land’s end area Sutro Baths ruins, which are part of the southwestern most part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). We ate dinner at Louis’ restaurant, which is within the GGNRA. The girls found the idea of these baths interesting with our love of swimming and we saw some great pictures of that in the restaurant. We caught some great views of the coastline at dusk during dinner and then headed home.

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