Day 110 - San Francisco, California, USA
Day 110 – 26th September 2005 -8:00 GMT
Got up fairly early and picked the car up, then we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and into Marin County. We visited a small village called Sausalito just on the other side of the bay from San Francisco.
Jill in Sausalito
A Fountain in Sausalito
Sausalito is a very picturesque village with water on one side of the road. It has some lovely quirky shops and a big Marina.
Jill at Sausalito Marina
A Palm Tree in Sausalito
We walked up and down the High Street and I stopped for some food. I found the best Hamburger I have ever tasted, the place was just called Hamburgers, the food was fresh cooked the downside being you have to wait in the queue for 15 minutes but it is well worth it. We then drove on to Muir Woods which has some of the tallest trees in the world, The Californian Redwoods.
Sergeant Pilkington at Muir Woods
We choose the hour and a half trail which was a nice trail along a boardwalk for the first 40 minutes then over a little stream and back along an uneven dirt track.
Muir Woods
Some of the trees here are over a 1000 years old and well over 300ft tall.
Me in a tree at Muir Woods
Me at Muir Woods
We then drove up to the Golden Gate view point and took some pictures of the bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge
View of San Francisco
We then drove back into San Francisco and visited Fort Point to get another viewing spot for the bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge
Then we went to Alamo Square which has lovely little houses that always appear in films as the perfect house in the perfect street. This row of houses is supposed to be the most photographed place in San Francisco.
Alamo Square
We then drove to Haight Ashbury which is where the Hippie movement was in 1964. The place does not look like it has changed much with some cool shops, bars and restaurants. We found a small bar that served some food and had a beer and some grub.
Haight Ashbury
Haight Ashbury
Then it was back to the hotel for the night. I watched a couple of episodes of the TV series Lost then read some of my book before falling asleep.
Got up fairly early and picked the car up, then we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and into Marin County. We visited a small village called Sausalito just on the other side of the bay from San Francisco.
Jill in Sausalito
A Fountain in Sausalito
Sausalito is a very picturesque village with water on one side of the road. It has some lovely quirky shops and a big Marina.
Jill at Sausalito Marina
A Palm Tree in Sausalito
We walked up and down the High Street and I stopped for some food. I found the best Hamburger I have ever tasted, the place was just called Hamburgers, the food was fresh cooked the downside being you have to wait in the queue for 15 minutes but it is well worth it. We then drove on to Muir Woods which has some of the tallest trees in the world, The Californian Redwoods.
Sergeant Pilkington at Muir Woods
We choose the hour and a half trail which was a nice trail along a boardwalk for the first 40 minutes then over a little stream and back along an uneven dirt track.
Muir Woods
Some of the trees here are over a 1000 years old and well over 300ft tall.
Me in a tree at Muir Woods
Me at Muir Woods
We then drove up to the Golden Gate view point and took some pictures of the bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge
View of San Francisco
We then drove back into San Francisco and visited Fort Point to get another viewing spot for the bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge
Then we went to Alamo Square which has lovely little houses that always appear in films as the perfect house in the perfect street. This row of houses is supposed to be the most photographed place in San Francisco.
Alamo Square
We then drove to Haight Ashbury which is where the Hippie movement was in 1964. The place does not look like it has changed much with some cool shops, bars and restaurants. We found a small bar that served some food and had a beer and some grub.
Haight Ashbury
Haight Ashbury
Then it was back to the hotel for the night. I watched a couple of episodes of the TV series Lost then read some of my book before falling asleep.
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