The Andrews room, small but cozy.
The Andrews old fashioned elevator, very cool.
Japanese Tea Garden - pristine
Entrance to the Japanese Tea Garden
Tea Garden
Botanical Garden - Redwoods!
de Young
Dutch Windmill
Lori's Diner - first food in SF for the trip...mmmm hamburgers..lol
The Andrews
View from the edge of the G.G. Park
Hill area in GG Park
Hill area in GG Park - See, I told you I was there!
Greeting at the western edge of Golden Gate Park. Behind me is the Ocean.
Beach
Cool rocks offshore
Check the trees in the background - they're blown inland by the constant sea breezes
Beach expanse
Hillside near the beach
Rocks off the beach
Me overlooking the beach
The beach and me
Cliff view of the water
Down the cliff
Remains of an old spa with large pools that burned down years ago.
Warming Hut burned...just thought that was a bit of irony
Cliff House for Dinner
Coit Tower from the ship to Alcatraz.
Alcatraz from the boat
welcome to alacatraz
Alcatraz
Sign at dock of Alcatraz
Alcatraz dock
Burned out old building
Story: Guide gave us two options, a) this building was the inspiration for the Taco Bell buildings or b) Al Capone (later a prisoner here) was the first to put expiration dates on milk. The correct answer? b...thanks Capone
New prisoners were given clothing and searched in this area
Me at the cells
Cells
Spiral Staircase
Famous Inmates
Warden's House burned out
Warden's House
Old Alcatraz truck
Golden Gate bridge across the bay
Control Center of Alcatraz
Cell with furnishings
Access Utility Corridor - used by escapees to get out of cells in famous incident
Old Metal detector in cell block
Cafeteria: tear gas canister in case of riot (never used)
kitchen - they marked the backs behind the knives with black paint so it was obvious when any were missing
Image of last prisoners to leave the Rock
Cellblock exercise yard
Exercise yard
Doing my time at Alcatraz
Three tiered cell block
Famous prisoners
From within detention block
Library for prisoners
Cell in which the hostages of the riot were held.
Another hostage cell
marks on floor are from grenades lobbed in through the roof
Furnished cell
Visitation window
Stairwell to higher tiers
For some reason this makes me think of Shawshank Redemption
View of the city from the Rock
Warden's desk
City across the bay
Cell
New Prisoner's rule book
Clock in "Time Square"
Detention Block
Darwin E. Coon, ex-prisoner who helped the famous trio to escape Alcatraz Island. He told me he has worked in real estate since prison, but is now retired. He was signing books, writing his prisoner number and years inside the book.
Cliffs
Old spa grounds
Boat return from Alcatraz
Return to mainland
Golden Gate Bridge
Oakland Bridge
Returning from Alcatraz
Mainland behind me
The Rock
The docks
Ships in dock
Hilly street
The Wharf
Didn't eat there this time, but I did when I was at the Wharf Last time
Interesting house
Ghirardelli Chocolate etc... factory
Cool statue in a park
The bridge in the distance
Bridge closer up
Beach and bridge
The Bridge
Closer to the bridge
Golden Gate, mile long bridge
Scary-ish tunnels on the way along the coast to the bridge
Full expanse
Me and the bridge
Ft. Point, under construction
Ft. Point
The city from the Bridge
Alcatraz from the Bridge
On the Golden Gate Bridge
Dedication plaque for a tower of the bridge
Tower
Dedication plaque for hte tower
Organ and stain glass of Cathedral
Cathedral glass
The Labyrinth - you walk the labyrinth for a moment of meditative contemplation. It winds ever around and around and finds you in the center, a focus point. Then, you retrace your steps and return to where you entered. It is a metaphor for life.
Cathedral altar
Old St. Mary's - previously the seat of the Archdiocese in California.
St. Mary's
In St. Mary's
Wells Fargo Museum
Pistols used to defend the stages
Old WF stage coach
hose used for deep well mining for gold
stage model
My stage ride
The inside of the stage
Area of San Francisco burned in the famous 1906 Earthquake
Chinatown
From the Bridge
Dedication for the Bridge
Cross-section of the bridge suspension wire (hundreds of smaller wires a bundled within)
Palace of Fine Arts
Cathedral
Cathedral exterior
Cathedral Doors
Door Panel
Mural
Columns in the Cathedral
Cable car museum
Underground cable pulleys
Cable gears and motors
Old Cable Car
Long street
Dim sum hole-in-the-wall...yum!
de Young sculpture
de Young outdoors
Fruit sculpture
Fascinating couch
de Young Museum
Haight and Ashbury, interesting little area
Haight and Ashbury shop
Very strange looking Starbucks
Fino Restaurant for lunch
