San Francisco
| The first place we went was Fisherman's Wharf. There are stores, restaurants and street performers everywhere. Marla got a balloon dog from a street clown. | |||
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The Fisherman's Wharf sign. |
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The Cannery. It was built by Del Monte and is now filled with shops and restaurants. |
The view from the top of the Cannery. |
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The Market Street Tram |
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Musee Mechanique |
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| One of the world’s largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines. They have machines dating back to the 1800's. |
A Fair. |
The band members all move. |
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A steel man on a horse. |
This one is called the Opium Den. Unfortunately, there is too much glare to see it well. |
Cactus Gulch - a western scene. |
This one is made entirely of toothpicks. |
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Marla liked this one. |
A mechanical farm. |
The Inquest. |
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USS Pampanito |
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The broom on top of the sub was put there when they returned to port to let everyone know that they had made a "clean sweep" while looking for enemy ships. |
A very narrow walkway. |
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Steep stairs. |
Torpedo Room. |
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Engine controls. One set for the left engine, one for the right. |
Making our way through the hatches. |
Marla and her doggie. |
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Scenes from Fisherman's Wharf. |
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| The area around Pier 39 was the prettiest part of the wharf that we found. |  |
Marla liked the benches around the flowers. |
Marina Panorama |
AlcatrazBreak the rules and you go to prison. Break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz. |
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This is how you ended up in Alcatraz. |
Our ferry. |
A long wait to board. |
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From the top of the ferry. |
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The Rock. |
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Marla is more interested in the nesting birds below than in getting her picture taken. |
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The tour was narrated by former guards... |
and former inmates. |
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Marla had her own audio tour set. |
She enjoyed listening to it. |
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She's explaining to Mark how to use it. |
She's showing him how to use the pause and play buttons. |
Then you listen. |
OK, Daddy. Did you get all that? |
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The whole place is very quiet even though it is full of people because everyone is listening to the audio tour. |
The Recreation Yard. |
D Block. The Prison within a Prison. Those rooms with the solid doors are solitary confinement cells. |
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Robert "Birdman" Stroud spent 6 of his 17 years at Alcatraz in here because he was so violent and troublesome. |
The Library. |
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This panel talks about the riot in 1946. |
This one, too. |
Guards could raise their keys up to the Gun Gallery if there was trouble so that the prisoners couldn't get them. |
Prisoners spent time painting and crocheting to pass the time. |
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They had a radio that received two stations. |
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A Guard's uniform. |
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The view from the administrative wing. |
Warden's Office |
The four wardens of Alcatraz. |
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San Francisco is only about 1.5 miles away. |
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The halls each had street names. And the main intersection under the clock was called Times Square. |
A panel about the escape of Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers on June 11, 1962. |
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More about the escape. |
The hole by the vent. |
They used fake heads to fool the guards. |
The utility corridor they would have had to climb through. |
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Marla liked these head magnets of the escapees. |
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We had a late lunch/early dinner at Bubba Gump's on Pier 39 after the tour. Of course we got dishes that had shrimp. It was all delicious and we had an incredible view of the bay and Alcatraz while we ate. | |
City Bus Tour |
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| I (Adrienne) forgot my sweater that day so I bought a new San Francisco hoodie. Good thing, too. It was very chilly and damp this day and we were outside for a long time. |
The tour guide took our picture for us. |
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We sat on the top of the double-decker bus. |
It was a little chilly that day. |
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The aquarium |
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Fog City Diner. |
The tallest building in SF. |
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City Hall. |
The dome is the 5th largest dome in the world. |
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Bill Graham Civic Center |
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Little Saigon |
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Marla explains how hilly the roads are. |
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The Pagoda Gates on Grant Avenue at Bush Street face south and are the official entrance into Chinatown. |
The Bank of America building is the second tallest building in SF. It was used in the movies "Dirty Harry" and "The Towering Inferno". |
The City Lights bookstore. Jack Kerouac used to spend time here. |
Beautiful mural. |
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North Beach is also called Little Italy. Sometimes being in SF in like being in Manhattan. |
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Lombard Street. Eight hairpin turns in one block. |
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Boudin Sourdough |
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| While in SF you have to get sourdough bread. Mark and I each got a breadbowl filled with chili. Delicious. |  |
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The food was great but it was very cold and windy outside. |
Brrrrrr |
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Chinatown |
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The Pagoda Gates |
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There are shops all over around here. |
Look! A snake! |
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Marla's new purse.. |
and Buddha. |
She carries her Buddha in her purse. |
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We had dim sum for lunch. |
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Marla was very happy when we found a playground. |
Even the play structure looks like a pagoda. |
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Waiting in line for the tire swing. |
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Our Campground |
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Our campsite. |
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Marla says Hi! |
| We spent the next few nights at the Petaluma KOA. It was a very nice facility and has the best playground I have ever seen. |
Off to the playground |
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Daddy watch me! |
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I can climb all the way to the top. |
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Watch me climb this too. |
We're tired. |
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Gotta go make a phone call! |
Hello? |
Nobody home, I'll go to the pool |
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This is fun |
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Time to splash Daddy |
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They have a petting zoo here. |
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Some of our neighbors-> |
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Ooh, a triple slide Santiam |
Nice Prevost |
Marquis |
Kountry Star
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