Yesterday (Thursday) our good friend Kelly came into the city and we were able to visit and hang out with her for the day! Hooray! We realized it had been over 5 years since we’d seen her. Way too long!
Anyway, since the weather was beautiful we decided to head to the Golden Gate Bridge and walk it. It was sooo beautiful. It was a little breazy and frankly if I got too close to the edge I got a little queezy, but it was still good to do. We actually didn’t make it all the way across. We got about 3/4 of the way and had to turn around – Melissa forgot her coat at the hotel and was frozen. So back we went. From start to finish the bridge is 1.7 miles long and we figure we did a total of about 2.8 or so of those miles (there and back). So we were close.
After the Bridge we hung out for a bit and then headed down to In N Out for lunch. Man that place is good!
Then we went our seperate ways – Kel back home and Melissa and I walked down to Pier 33 to catch the Alcatraz Clipper for our night Tour of the famous prison.
This picture was taken on the Ferry on the way out to the Island:
The Welcome Sign – Historical Note – For those that didn’t know (I didn’t) Alcatraz was occupied by American Indians starting in 1969 (6 years after the Prison was closed). They occupied the Island for 19 months before being escorted off by the Military. They were protesting the Governments practive of reclaiming Reservations. That’s why you see the red paint behind the Welcome sign.
The Guard Tower:
The Cell House from down below:
Here’s a Cell – they measured about 5×7 or so:
Someone said this at one point – and it’s all over the Island:
Here’s a picture of downtown from the Island after dark:
Overall, yesterday was a great and very busy day!!! We ended up walking back to our Hotel after the Cruise because we had grand plans at stopping by the Starbucks to get a hot drink (we were quite cold by the end of the night). Much to our chagrin they had just closed. Grrr … there’s gotta be an app for that right?!?!?!!! LOL
We headed to bed early – with over 19,000 steps taken for the day. Needless to say, sleep was most welcome!