Hampam Trip - Day 2 - Meet up

Prior to the trip, there were several texts regarding concerns on the rental car and whether or not we had a big enough vehicle to carry seven people plus luggage. Apparently, upon hearing the tale and viewing some of the luggage, the rental agent agreed to the needing of a bigger vehicle. That's how we came to renting the Yukon XL. Cue the music...

Us: (to the tune of YMCA) "It's fun to ride in the YUKON XL. We love to drive in the YUKON XL."

We had a lot of fun with the Yukon XL. More fun than I could possibly portray or give justice to by writing about on this blog. Just know that it came up in daily conversation, that it had a force shield around it, that the amount of room and comfort was off the charts, and that no other vehicle will ever match our experience. Seriously, GMC should snap up our family for a commercial. We could sell the shit out of this vehicle!

We met up with our cousins, Maya, Jay, Anya and Ewan, at the Wyndham. From there, we walked the city. These are people who exercise in some capacity daily. They are city people hailing from Boston and I don't believe that they ever sit or when they do it is very rare. Having said that, I did not reach 10,000 steps. I've never reached 10,000 steps since I've strapped that Apple watch to my wrist and not even the walking cousins could help with that goal. I blame the Wyndham breakfast spiel.

This weekend in San Fransisco was Pride weekend so the city was alive with visitors. We ran various errands and finally hiked to the wharf so that the cousins could meet up with friends of theirs from Boston who moved to this area.

The weather was beautiful. Sunny and in the 70's. For us Floridians, it was perfection. Since we'd all been to the city and done most of the activities we just roamed and eventually split into two different groups for dinner. We left the cousins and their friends and hiked to a restaurant near the Wyndham for dinner. None of us were very hungry but we knew we needed something in our bellies so we ate and then hiked back to run a load of laundry.

Our packing was minimal due to the uncertainty of the rental car so we wanted to make sure we traveled to Hyampom with a suitcase full of clean clothes as my aunt's place is run on solar and a water tank. Jay, our trip master, designated a 9:00 a.m. time to hit the road and since they had traveled all day and gotten up early they hit the sack. We retired to our rooms, packed what we could, and ended the night with excitement for what would come next.