Out West - Day 34

No pictures today! We did take some, but we never got to see Alcatraz. Tomorrow, hopefully, we will get onto a tour boat out to the island.

Today, Monday, October 6, we drove into San Francisco at 11:30AM and tried to get onto the boat to Alcatraz. By the time we got about 1/2 way through the line, they announced that the next available tour would be at 3:20PM. Since the tour takes 2-1/2 hours, we knew we couldn't do it this afternoon, so we walked about 1 mile down to a little lunch place called "Taylor's Automatic Refresher", which was highly recommended by Chad. We had a light lunch there, then walked back to Pier 39 (to walk off the lunch!). We did take some pictures, but nothing I want to share tonight. We will post some pictures the next time, because we are staying here one more night - tomorrow we will get to go to Alcatraz (even if I have to rob a bank to get there!).

Usually, Monday's are BAD days, that is, if you have to WORK! However, today has got to be a great day for Boston - the Sox knocked the Angels out of contention! The Angels - the best team in Major League Baseball this year! Most of you probably went to bed early, but we get the game out here at 5:30PM, so we get to watch it all. The Sox won it in the bottom of the ninth, 3 - 2. Jason Bay scored the winning run on a single by Jed Lowrey. Fantastic!!

We made contact with another family member today. I spoke with Sandy Reese, Lol's daughter, and we will see Sandy and her husband, Mark, on Wednesday evening for dinner. We will probably meet somewhere in Monterrey, CA, since that is where they both work. We are looking forward to it.

I have to go, now. I have to celebrate the Sox win. Check back tomorrow.