Today we got up at 6:00 in the morning to get on an 8:45 tour! We didn’t get on the bus until 9:00 though and we didn’t leave until about 9:20! It was about a 50 minute drive to San Fran. We saw the cable cars, some hills where some chase scenes were filmed. One of the movies is the Steve Mcqueen chase scene! We also saw Lombard St, the crookedest street in the world! After that we went to Fisherman’s Wharf. Pier 39 is there. It always has 50-200 sea lions and seals on it!!!!! :) :) :) We got a lot of pictures there! After that we rode one of the cable cars!!! We also saw the park where the series Full House’s theme was made and I saw the apartment where they filmed it! It was epicly awesome!!!!!
Summer's View
The KOA campground offered a tour of San Francisco, so we took that today. The "Tour Guy" was a San Fran native, so he knew his stuff! It was cool to see where he grew up, and hear his childhood stories of growing up in the big city with a gaggle of brothers and bicycle adventures! His father was a cop during the whole Haight Ashbury craziness, and he and his brothers were banned from the park that summer! LOL We drove down Haight Ashbury, and the hippie culture is still alive and kicking, for five city blocks, at least!
Again, I have to say San Fran is a beautiful, if expensive, city!
Jim's View
Summer signed us up for a tour of the city today through the KOA. I was a little skeptical, and after having been in the city the day before and seeing all the double decker and open top tour buses, was kind of thinking along those lines. But, and I mean a big But, this was the best tour we have ever taken. It was a small car rental type shuttle vehicle and so only about 15 of us in total on the tour. Our tour guide and driver, John, was a native having grown up in San Fran in a family of 8 boys. John never stopped talking from the moment he met us. We learned so much. We left the KOA about 9:30 AM and did not arrive back until almost 8 PM. And not once were we bored, not even Sam! San Francisco is a awesome city and after our tour, I can honestly say, I am both impressed and maybe a little humbled by my previous impressions of the city. Now that does not mean their politics are not messed up! Some of the remodeling of the older buildings here can take over 4 years dealing with permitting and local regulations. Bottom line, it was a great tour and a great day!
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