Today we went to do a boat tour around San Fran! The tour was one hour long and it was an audio tour. We saw Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, and a lot of famous peoples summer homes! It was awesome!
Summer's View
Today we visited San Francisco - my first visit! It is a beautiful city! We went to Fisherman's Wharf, pier 43 to get on a boat tour of the bay. I wanted to tour Alcatraz while we were in the area, but the tickets are sold out over a week in advance, so that is not going to happen. We settled for the boat tour which goes around the island, so I got to see it, at least.
We also had lunch at the wharf, and checked out a WWII Liberty Ship, which Sam really liked. It had taken part in the D-Day Invasion in WWII, so it was cool to be on a ship that had been where my dad was at during the war.
Of course, we got to drive over the Golden Gate Bridge, so that was awesome! Foggy, but still cool!
Jim's View
A busy day. We drove into San Fran. The cool thing is to get from the KOA to the city we have to go over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a fast 50+ minute drive at 70-80 mph on a winding road (unlike Seattle where everyone stuck right to the 55 mph speed limit). The GPS brought us right to Fishermen's Wharf. We did a boat tour out to the bridge, around Alcatrez, then back to port. A nice hour long cruise. The America's Cup is going to be held here soon, so there were some boats out practicing.
We had a very tasty Italian seafood lunch, Sam had his usual chicken fingers. After lunch we headed down and did a tour on the Liberty Ship, Jeremiah O'Brian. Very cool and an interesting lesson into WWII from the perspective of cargo ships. The Jeremiah took part in D-Day, and has been restored to a fully functioning under her own steam powered ship today. We got a little glimpse into the life of Dad as he worked in the boiler room.
We headed on back to the RV after a busy day on the pier. Fought a lot of traffic on the way home, but we eventually made it.
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