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| Entering San Francisco |
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| Views from our Pacifica campground |
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This is BART, one of San Francisco's light rail transit options.
Parking in the lot is $2 per day; fares are $6/pp return. Once
we arrived downtown, we bought tickets for $12 each that
took us all over the city on any form of transit available; cable
car, streetcar, bus, train....unique concept, don't you think? |
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We could see the cablecar but couldn't get on it for
a few minutes....it just sat there... |
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| So I amused myself taking photo's |
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Cablecar came down the hill and these fellows turned it,
manually, on this turn-table, to head it back up the hill. |
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| And off we go! |
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| Great old building.. |
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| ..and really cool vehicles |
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Where we ate lunch on Fisherman's Wharf...eat inside
or on the street. Great seafood! |
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| Cooking up a mess of crab |
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Feeding the gulls her ice cream cone; no wonder they are
the size of small dogs! |
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| We visited Alcatraz the last time we were here. |
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A free museum on the wharf, offered a visit to the past. Most
of these automated items Bob and I saw in the old days visiting the
Canadian National Exhibition. This farm had over 150 working
parts and we got to enjoy it for 75 cents. |
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| Some were kind of creepy... |
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We believe we know a couple of guys who might be
interested in owning this baby |
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| She was nasty in the '50's and almost as nasty now! |
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| Friends found on Pier 39 |
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| Speaking of friends; where's Bobby? |
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| There he is! |
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| So many fun cars on the streets of San Fran |
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| Very old Pier 2 |
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| Great design for news stands... |
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| ....'er...toilets |
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| View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Golden Gate Park |
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| Houses on the edge of the park...mucho moolah! |
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| From the other side |
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Mom and Dad had a Seth Thomas kitchen clock. We
found this one outside the California State Medical Center |
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| Views of San Francisco from Twin Peaks |
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| Hey cute car....are you following us? |
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| One of the twins |
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| Downtown |
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| Beautiful old houses |
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| Mosaics on a church in a Spanish area of the city |
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| Sign in the window of someone's home |
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Leaving San Francisco on a glorious sunny morning, we
pass through the countryside near Salinas...."The Fruit Basket
of North America" |
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| School in Carmel...now that is my idea of a school! |
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Big Sur...ahh, how we recall this from our last trip down the
coast. Hasn't changed much and it's pretty much as spectacular
and daunting as it was years ago. A bit more perhaps, since
we were down to one lane a few times as big rigs fixed
dramatic erosion on the cliff side |
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| Memories of South America |
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First thing we see as we leave Big Sur, is the Hearst Castle,
high on a hill. We visited the castle last time, and have no difficulty
recalling this example of excess, so didn't bother
to do so again. |
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Morro Rock....very impressive. We stayed in a really nice
regional park in the hills and overlooking the Pacific |
Next time: Absolutely stunning Malibu and a very exciting story!!
