Third day, we meet the Autrey's at 11:00 am at Pier 39 by Fisherman's Wharf. We bought tickets to go to the Aquarium of the Bay. They had 300 ft tunnel you walked under the water of fish on the basement level, then we went to the second level and saw the tanks with jelly fish, star fish, finding nemo fish and many sharks, stingrays, turtles, and many other fish. We went to the top level and this was the interactive area, where you could touch the rays and star fish. There were a million kids around the stingrays, so the kids didn't want to fight the crowd, so they went to the star fish touching area instead. We bought souveniers and then decided to go on a tour of San Francisco, by "Ride the Duck" tour. This is a truck/boat where they take you around the city and tell you different facts about San Francisco and then we went into the bay water and heard more facts. They gave us all quackers to blow and sing to with different music. Captian Jeff was a great and funny tour guide. He made us laugh. He told us that people would look at us funny, so just to wave and quack at them. The kids seemed to have a great time, except for Sarah and Mandy. Sarah didn't want to use her quacker or particpate, so she just slept. Oh, well, she missed out on the fun, even the adults were playing along. Afterwards, the kids were starving and wanted some dinnfer, so we headed back to Pier 39 to a Italian Restaurant that looked over the water. We had some great food and some of us had some seafood as well. After dinner, the kids walked around Pier 39 into the many different shops and then they saw the Mirror Maze. We arrived just in time, because they were closing in 30 minutes. We had to put on latex gloves and walk with our hands in front of us through the maze. We were the only ones in the maze, so we had some fun. Rob was following us, but got lost and ended up back at the beginning, while the rest of us were at the end. We could go through it as many times as we wanted, so the kids went back and forth from the front to the end and stopped a couple of times in the corners to laugh at each other and take pictures. It was really nice weather, in the high 70's, but at night when the sun went down, it became windy and chilly, Good thing we had our jackets, but we did get some sunburns on our faces. We did stop at at shop that let the kids pick a oyster and see if they had a pearl in them for only $15. Of course, the kids thought that was fun, the trick was after they gave you the pearl, then when they set it in a ring, necklace or earrings, they wanted $200. They saw us coming, but we ended up getting a ring for Erika that was only $40, so she got what she wanted and Riley picked a gecko for his pearl that was $30. The things we do for our kids. We left Pier 39 at around 9:00 pm and headed back to our hotel. The Autrey's were staying in downtown San Francisco, so they only had a 5 minute drive, but we had to drive 20 minutes, but that was okay, we had free breakfast in the morning.
