summer outing

before we headed out to golden gate park, we had to stop by chinatown and get some delicious dim sum and steam buns.  y.u.m.m.i.e.  weather at the park was great - not too cold and not too warm.  we had a picnic at stow lake and we walked off our lunch by walking around the park for about three hours.  gus and shawn kept wanting to climb every big tree they saw - not sure why, but it was funny.  i had to carry dexter part of the trail around stow lake because he doesn't like walking on gravel (good thing he doesn't weigh a lot).  we wanted to check out the japanese tea garden but they do not allow dogs and since we had to pay, mom said forget it ;)  tin wanted to check out the food truck area in hopes that the belgian waffle truck was there, but the belgian waffle god was not with him today.  maybe next time tin.  we finished off our day with a visit to marco polo italian ice cream, where they have mostly asian flavors and owned by chinese people.  hehe.  aaron and i thought that was funny. 

picnic at stow lake - perfect spot as it was close to our car and not a lot of foot traffic

gopher right by our picnic table

turtles sunbathing on stow lake

in front some chinese pavillion

don't ask me what aaron was trying to do

stow lake