San Francisco finale: Baker Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf

Following our road trip to Monterey, we returned to San Francisco for the last day of our California vacation. We checked back into the Fairmont and in the morning kept our rental car to drive over to our family photoshoot.

I had booked us a photo session via Flytographer, which is a service that connects you with local photographers in destinations around the world. We were matched up with Sandro, who met us at Baker Beach for a one hour shoot. He was a pleasure to work with and made us feel very comfortable posing for a variety of shots around the beautiful beach which overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge.

We received our photos about a week later and they were a perfect memento of our family trip. It was also a belated Mother’s Day gift to myself. Moms out there will probably relate to having a phone full of photos of baby with other people and virtually none with themselves, so this was an opportunity for me to document “Proof of Mom”.

After our session, we made our way to Fisherman’s Wharf for a lunch break before we were due to return our car. Along the way, we drove down the famous Lombard Street.

At Fisherman’s Wharf, We made another requisite stop at In-N-Out and then walked to Pier 39 to show Teddy the sea lions.

After returning our rental car, we trekked back up Mason Street and hung out at the hotel until dinner time. We enjoyed our final meal in San Francisco at Nara Sushi.

That capped off our successful journey to the west coast with Teddy. Our flight the next morning was uneventful but we had a stressful moment when Teddy’s travel crib did not arrive with our luggage upon landing in Toronto. Fortunately it was delivered to our home the next day by Porter Airlines so I don’t have any lasting negative memories from the trip.

Next up on the blog: a recap of our local trip to Prince Edward County (with our dog Gizmo!) and then plans for Portugal!

12 responses to “San Francisco finale: Baker Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf”

  1. A wonderful final day in SF! A photoshoot at Baker Beach sounds perfect; even better that it was nice and sunny when you did so! The omakase looks delicious, and I’m glad your family had a great time in SF (especially with your baby). Can’t wait for the next adventure!

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    1. We had a fun time in your home state! Next time we will have to go further south.

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  2. You made the most of your last day, and the photo session was in a truly spectacular setting. I’m curious to read your next posts, particularly on Prince Edward County, to see what changes, if any, have taken place.

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    1. Baker Beach was a great place for photo shoot. Spectacular views indeed!

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  3. What a great end to a great trip. It would never occur to me to arrange a photo shoot on vacation – good thinking. You will love Portugal!

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    1. I’m glad I came across Flytographer, I would use them again on future trips. The photos were the perfect souvenir for our first family vacation.

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  4. What a lovely idea to have a photo shoot like that. Such a nice souvenir. But what a lot of sealions. Holy cow! I’m glad you had such a great time.

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    1. Yes those sea lions are a sight to see and very loud!

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  5. That’s such a great idea to have a photographer come and take pictures! It is so true that moms have hundreds of pictures of their baby with people, but not very many with us. Great pictures from San Francisco 🙂

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    1. Yes, I’m glad we did the photos. The best souvenir from our first family trip!

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  6. I really want to go! What a perfect photo spot!

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  7. looks like San Fran turned it on for you, weather looks lovely. Your little one will rack up destinations quickly!

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