We have arrived at our last destination for this vacation. As soon as arriving into San Francisco we stopped at one of the internationally recognized symbols of the historic town, the Golden Gate Bridge. Frommers travel guide calls it possibly the most beautiful and most photographed bridge in the world.
The bridge reminded me of the Grand Canyon; one of the sights you have to see in person to realize truly how magnificent it is. Pictures cannot give detail to what my eyes have seen.
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| My favorite family photo on this trip. |
Late afternoon we winded down the streets to Muir Park. Muir Wood's spreads 554 acres of God's creation of the Coastal Redwoods.
The middle tree in the photo taken above was struck by lightening. The root structure of the original tree formed a circular area of surrounding trees.
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| Photographed by Caroline... |
I took the picture below to showcase the size of the Coastal Redwoods. Pictured in front of Matt is the base of a single redwood.
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| Marking the thousand years of a Redwood |
Yesterday we cruised the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay, under the Golden Gate Bridge, and around Alcatraz.
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| Alcatraz- "The Rock" |
The island was formed for a military and federal prison, which in 1986 became a national landmark.
A little playing on San Francisco's piers
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| View from the Bay Cruise |
Below are photos taken from the Bay Cruise:
Little known fact: There are nets of workers under the bridge at all times. The workers are supported by twines of nets and paint the bridge from one side to the other. Once they have finished the entire length they start all over again at the previous end of the bridge.
Photos from the back side of Alcatraz:
We walked past the piers to take a ride on the cable cars. San Francisco's cable car system is the last manually operated cable car system; only three routes remain.
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| Our view from the cable car |
We are about to adventure out for our last day of vacation....
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