San Francisco

San Francisco RV Resort, Pacifica, CA:  Drove into San Francisco today.  Found out the Alcatraz tour was sold out until the end of July and the only way we could get out there was to take a city tour.  So we bought a 48-hour hop-on/hop-off tour which included Alcatraz.  Took the double-decker bus around San Francisco. Tomorrow we go back in and go out to Alcatraz and can jump on the bus again if we want.  After the bus tour we had lunch on Pier 39 at a really nice seafood restaurant with great views of Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.  Then walked down to Ghirardelli Square.  Wanted to take a cable car, but people were lined up to get on, so we didn’t bother.  I liked it much better when I was out here in 1982.  I did all the driving back then and it seemed very easy to get around and not as many people.  Today there were SO MANY PEOPLE.  Of course Fisherman’s Wharf is a very touristy area.  Drove back to Pacifica.  Mike did all the driving—bless him!  As we were driving back the fog started rolling in.  The view in back of us is now shrouded in fog.  70 today.

Coit Tower

Ferry Building Spire

Beautiful City Hall

China Gate--Chinatown

Alcatraz

Golden Gate with the fog rolling in

Little seal on the dock--Pier 39

Ghirardelli Square

Same shot back in 1982

Homes on the hills around San Francisco.  Would you want to live here?