Plan A: Get up early, grab tickets for Alcatraz, Open Top bus around the sights, cable car to somewhere. Fail. Alcatraz is sold out for the next week. We knew the night tour booked out early, but….
Plan B: Talk to the tour desk at the hotel. OK. Cable car up the hill to Union Square in downtown (which is up a hill, so shouldn’t that be uptown?) After a look around we decide to walk back to Fisherman’s Wharf via the local growers market to catch a ferry ride around the bay. So far, so good. What time is that ferry? 12:00. What’s the time now? 12:30. Damn.
Plan C: We’ll get the 3.45 ferry. Lets walk up Lombard St. to fill an hour or so. Fantastic! Great architecture, interesting streets, lots to see. Let’s continue on to Mrs Doubtfire’s house. How far is it Lach? Up two blocks and along 11. Umm. OK. Lets go. Again, brilliant homes, lots of great views and generally a nice walk, albeit a bit hilly. What’s the time now. 3:15. Oops. That’s a long way back to get the ferry. Maybe we can make it? No.
Plan D: Here’s another ferry company with a 4:30 trip. Under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz. Fantastic!
22600 steps later we sit down for a well earned drink, a dinner of crepes, followed by sundaes at Ghirardelli. Back to the hotel to prepare for the start of the road trip tomorrow.
Wow what a day on the streets of San Francisco, and what a shame about Alcatraz….yikes I thought you would be a shoe in first thing in the morning!
Safe travels out of the city to Yosemite….
Great photos guys!
Hi to the Hunter Family!! Enjoying a quick catch up of your first two weeks – somewhat enviously!!! Reminiscing about our trip in Jan (which you covered in the first 10 days or so) and wishing we were back there too!! Looks like you are having a great time and Carol, what a place to spend your birthday – Vegas!! Loving the photos and Colin, I think you missed your calling as a travel writer/blogger??!! Really enjoying your entertaining commentary! Safe travels until the next time I get to check in.