America's Cup...

So...on a random trip to California in July to see my lovely Kate. I was educated on America's Cup and found out that it was going to be in San Francisco this year.

Per Wikipedia, America's Cup (affectionately known as the Auld mug) is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two sailing yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging for the cup. The America's Cup is the oldest international sporting trophy.

San Francisco's waterfront was all done up for the event. First there was the Louis Vuitton Cup. This is the event that determines who will be the challenger and will race against the current cup holder (USA). This year New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton, and it looked like they were going to win America's Cup, but the US pulled it together (thanks to Dan and I being there to give them a pep talk when we came to watch them race in September. The whole event is over the course of a few months.  Here are some pics for the trips to over there.  We had an amazing time visiting Kate and Jack despite Dan being on his death bed for our trip.  We even got to see the actual cup...Dan was like a kid in Disneyland. :)