La Crosse-Wisconsin

Lil Gator and I flew from San Francisco to La Crosse,WI to attend my cousin's wedding. It was always excited to spend time with family and took Lil Gator to new places where he haven't been visited before. He loved to try the taste of great Wisconsin cheese. My aunt kept enough cheese curds and strings for us in refrigerator.

Deep fried cheese curds were so delicious so I always ordered them whenever I've been dining out there. We also tried beer cheese soup, it had very rich sharp cheddar cheese and mild beer flavor. It was simply great!

(Lil Gator was in front of the wedding bouquets.)

Vallejo- Solano county fair (June, 2010)

It was lazy Sunday for Lil Gator and me...Suddenly, we saw the sign on the road that was Solano county fair in Vallejo,CA. We definitely wanted to check it out because It was only 5 minutes away from our home.
As soon as we entered the gate, we saw so many  food vendors, BBQ spots everywhere, it was the perfect pig out spot for us! We enjoyed the food with mariachi band music together.
( Lil Gator said it was very interesting to get a brick shape of super curly fries with ribs.)

El Paso (June 2010)

Believe or not, We drove from San Antonio to El Paso for 9 hours! We were excited to see Ciudad Juarez as soon as we reached to El Paso. We only went to a couple of Mexican restaurants when we were there. Mexican food was so delicious and quite different than Mexican food in Cali. For instance, we had chicken enchiladas with chocolate sauce. (It was dark brown sauce with sweet flavor) !Delicioso¡ We walked on downtown for lunch and saw the bridge that we could actually walk through Mexico border.

San Antonio downtown (June 2010)

It was really cool to visit San Antonio downtown. The Riverwalk was so nice to hang out and dining out. The temperature had cooled off by the river, We did not feel hot Texas summer there. Lil Gator enjoyed his Chicken fried steaks which we did not get a chance to eat in Cali. We just loved Texan beers and steaks so much, so we ended up to eat steaks every single day.
(If we would have an opportunity to live in TX, San Antonio would be the first choice!)

Back to San Antonio (June 2010)

Lil Gator and I decided to stay in San Antonio before we headed to El Paso. We walked around in Alamo Mission, it seemed like we were just walking in the park. We also stopped by the Western clothing store, I bought a nice cowboy hat and boots!

Corpus Christi, TX (June 2010) Day 2

Lil Gator and I decided to stay in Corpus Christi one more day! It was pretty nice to see the ocean and feel the fresh sea breeze. We had a great seafood platter and couldn't believe the price we paid! (You know we are kinda used to pay higher in Cali.)

Corpus Christi, TX (June 2010) Day 1

After Lil Gator and I spent a day in Austin, we start to drive to Corpus Christi. We have been some cities in Texas before but It was the first time to visit in coastal area. We went to USS Lexington ( its nickname was  The blue ghost during WW II), it served as the aircraft carrier for US Navy. At night, We enjoyed our good appetizers and  Texas local beer called Shiner Bock.
(To be honest, I felt awkward to eat fried gator tail in front of Lil Gator...)

Austin, Texas (June 2010)

I drove from San Antonio to Austin, the capitol of Texas in early morning. Lil Gator was pretty excited to explore different cities in Texas. On the Interstate 35, We saw " Don't mess with Texas" on road signs a couple of times. We went to the Texas state history museum in downtown Austin and We were glad to have an educational time to learn about Texan history.
Lil Gator and I stopped by one of BBQ restaurants nearby Univ of Texas, Austin. It was the best brisket with spicy BBQ sauce we've ever ate before!
( Lil Gator just told me that he wish he could go back to Texas just for BBQ!)

in San Antonio, TX (June 2010)

Pae family decided to travel in TX, and planned a couple months ago. Of course, Lil Gator goes wherever I go. We reached in San Antonio at night, tried to grab some Tex Mex food. Lil Gator loved various colors of nacho chips and food a lot. I had a lone star beer which was local Texan beer!

Hello, everyone!

Lil Gator and I are back! We went to favorite spot, Pier 39/ Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.  As you know, we are from SF bay area. We will talk about SF bay area until I head to Georgia next year. I did not write our trips in Texas and Wisconsin in past few months. I will update our previous trips soon.
(We looked at Alcatraz Island from Pier 39 in the picture)