Tuesday, October 7, San Francisco - Day 35. This post will cover two days, #34 and #35, since I was not able to post a web album last night. The above photo was taken yesterday, Monday, in front of Pier 39 (Chad - see what I'm standing next to?). We walked out to the end of the pier, where we were able to get some photographs of the sea lions which take up residence on the docks between Piers 39 and 41. See the web album for these shots. We had planned to cruise out to Alcatraz today, but we were not able to get tickets for the 1:45 sailing, so we decided to stay another day, and take the cruise tomorrow (Tuesday). We made our reservations on-line, for the 11AM sailing tomorrow morning.
Above is a picture of one of the Alcatraz cruise ships. This morning, our plan was to leave the campground about 9:30AM in order to get to the harbor for the 11AM cruise. First, I had to go to the campground office and pay for another night. When I got to the office, I was told that the campground was full, and my site had already been reserved for Tuesday night! Crap! I now had to move the motor home to another location (Wal-Mart, anyone?). As I was disconnecting the water, sewer and electric lines, the woman from the campground office came over to tell me that she had a site that I might be able to get into, but it would be tight. I went over to look at it, and I assured her that I could get into it. So, I moved the motor home onto the new site, set it up, and we got on the road to SF by 10AM. We had 55 minutes to get into SF, find a place to park, pick up our tickets, and get onto the ship. As luck would have it, we hit traffic on the way into SF - construction delays! To make a long story short, we made it on time, but we were the last two people to board the ship for the 11AM sailing. We got some great pictures, so be sure to check the web album.
Upon returning to SF harbor from Alcatraz, we walked over to the Fog City Diner, above, for lunch. We sat at the little table on the right of the door in the picture. Lunch was great here, albeit, a bit expensive ($30 for a burger with fries, onion rings, a glass of lemonade and a lime rickey). But, the food was good, hot and fresh! After lunch, we wanted to take a ride on one of the Cable Cars for which San Francisco is famous. However, time was not in our favor, as we had to get back to the motor home for the dogs - they've been alone since 10AM, and it was now 3PM, and it would take us at least 45 minutes to get back. Sooooo, we'll save the Cable Car ride until the next time we visit SF.
Tomorrow, we leave for Monterey, and a date with Sandy and Mark Reese. Stay tuned for details of our visit, with pictures too, we hope!
Here's the link to today's web album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripAlcatrazIslandDay34?authkey=aJ6CvQSZkEU#
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