Out West - Day 33

Sunday, October 5, Day 33 - as you can see, above, the day promised to be a good one! We started out at 7:30 Mass in Santa Rosa, followed by breakfast in town at a great place for omelettes - Don Taylor's Omelette Express. We had breakfast here on Friday morning and we really liked it, so we came back today. We then returned to the RV park to pack up and get ready to head toward San Francisco. We called several RV parks before we found one close enough to SF that we were willing to pay for. We called one RV Park in SF, but their daily rate was $74.00 +tax!!! We are now staying in Novato, CA, at the Novato RV Park, which is a "Good Sam" park, so we get a discount.



As you can see by the photo above, we did make it into San Francisco this afternoon. We drove in across the "Golden Gate Bridge". The toll on the bridge (one-way) is $6.00/car. Fortunately, there is no toll going out of SF. Once we arrived in the city, we drove down Lombard Street to Hyde Street, then took a left toward the harbor area. We were following a car from Arizona because he seemed to know where he was going. As it turns out, he did. We found a free parking place on the waterfront, just below Ghirardelli Square. It was just after 3PM when we arrived, and one of the restaurants on the waterfront just happened to start its "Happy Hour" at 3PM!! All beers and selected wines, $3/glass!

We walked all the way down to Pier 41, catching the sights and sounds and smells along the way. We made mental notes of places we wanted to re-visit tomorrow, when we come in to town for a longer stay. We did stop at "Boudin Sourdough Bakery" and shared a clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. It was delicious, as was the bread. Would have been a lot nicer with a glass of Chardonnay, but they didn't sell wine there, so, we settled for ice water (free).

I attempted to create a web album, but for some reason, I could not get to it to get the link. I will try again, but there will be no link with this entry. Check back tomorrow for details of our day in San Francisco.

PS to Mary Lawler: We tried to contact Bob, but he did not answer his phone. We did leave a message, but have not heard from him.