San Francisco to Morro Bay

Entering San Francisco

Views from our Pacifica campground

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?

We could see the cablecar but couldn't get on it for
a few minutes....it just sat there...

So I amused myself taking photo's

Cablecar came down the hill and these fellows turned it,
manually, on this turn-table, to head it back up the hill.

And off we go!

Great old building..

..and really cool vehicles

Where we ate lunch on Fisherman's Wharf...eat inside
or on the street.  Great seafood!

Cooking up a mess of crab

Feeding the gulls her ice cream cone; no wonder they are
the size of small dogs!

We visited Alcatraz the last time we were here.

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.

Some were kind of creepy...

We believe we know a couple of guys who might be
interested in owning this baby

She was nasty in the '50's and almost as nasty now!

Friends found on Pier 39

Speaking of friends; where's Bobby?

There he is!

So many fun cars on the streets of San Fran

Very old Pier 2

Great design for news stands...

....'er...toilets

View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Golden Gate Park

Houses on the edge of the park...mucho moolah!

From the other side

Mom and Dad had a Seth Thomas kitchen clock.  We
found this one outside the California State Medical Center

Views of San Francisco from Twin Peaks

Hey cute car....are you following us?

One of the twins

Downtown

Beautiful old houses

Mosaics on a church in a Spanish area of the city

Sign in the window of someone's home

Leaving San Francisco on a glorious sunny morning, we
pass through the countryside near Salinas...."The Fruit Basket
of North America"

School in Carmel...now that is my idea of a school!

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

Memories of South America

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.

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!!