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...and full hookups! It's nice to have 50 amps, water and sewer connections, after a week of boondocking at Don's sis-in-law's house, even though we had a 20 amp connection there. We can do laundry in our own machine, and we have a nice shady patio every afternoon, since we're parked facing north.
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The weather here isn't as hot as we expected, since it's inland, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento.
On Thursday, we drove into The City (as San Francisco is called in this part of the world). Don lived there and I lived near there, in our previous lives a long time ago. It was a beautiful day, and we enjoyed being tourists.
We remember paying 50 cents to a dollar at toll booths; this time it was $4.00.
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We don't remember the traffic being this bad during the middle of the day. This looks like rush hour, but it was about 10:30 am.
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We crossed several bridges...the Carquinez
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...the Bay, part 1 from Oakland to Yerba Buena/Treasure Islands
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...the Bay, part 2 from the islands to San Francisco
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...and, after spending several hours in The City, the Golden Gate north to Sausalito
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...and finally the Richmond-San Rafael back to the East Bay
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The one thing that hasn't changed is how beautiful this city is.
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We went directly to Fisherman's Wharf.
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We drove the car and left the motorhome in the RV park, but these folks must not have had anything else to drive into the city. Look closely, there are 3 motorhomes.
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Fisherman's Wharf is a great place to get clam chowder and lots of other seafood.
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You can get "cheap eats" to take with you...
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...or you can eat in a nice restaurant with linen tablecloths and napkins.
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We chose the latter, eating clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls with shrimp salads at Tarantino's, seated next to large windows overlooking a collection of fishing boats at the docks below.
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There are lots of ways to get around the city, in addition to walking and driving. For instance...Ducks
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...Quackers
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...Double-deck open top busses and bicycles
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...Streetcars
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...even new Go Cars
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...and, of course, the famous Cable Cars
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For a sequence of photos showing how cable cars are turned around at the end of the line, click on any photo and view the entire album.
Don and I traded taking each other's photos with a family seated across from us in the cable car. They were visiting from Mesa, AZ.
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If you get tired while climbing the streets in the city, there are lots of places to sit down for a rest, as long as you don't care who your companions are.
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Finally, as we left the Marina District and headed out of the city, I got a good shot of Alcatraz Island in the distance.
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To see all the photos in this album, click on any photo and choose the San Francisco album.
We did SF a few years back but ate at Alaitos on the wharf. Same view tho. Sharon you are doing a great job on the blog. Glad Nick mentioned it so we can latch on to it. Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteSharon, Suzy and I both worked and lived in San Francisco and the Bay Area for so many years, we don't think of it as a place to visit any more. Thank you for giving us a dose of San Franciscana that we had forgotten about.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are beautiful. It must have been great not to have a foggy day!
We're back again -- Suzy says she could almost smell the salt water, the food cooking, and especially the sourdough, as I read your blog aloud. The sourdough is what we miss the most.
ReplyDeleteThose folks with the motorhomes? I hope they stayed out of downtown, Chinatown, and Lombard Street! By the way our daughter Deb is entertaining our grandson Sam this weekend with, among other things, a Segway ride down Lombard Street! At least there are plenty of bushes to land in if things go wrong!
You're right, Jerry. I missed getting a picture of people on Segways, and also a Trolley (like a cable car on wheels), plus the regular Muni busses and taxis. Hope Deb and Sam have a good, safe time in the city.
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