Day Five: San Francisco

Cable Car!,
originally uploaded by Tedward.

We ended up driving to a public parkade by Fisherman's Wharf because it was too far to walk. After getting Colin into the buggy and down to the water, we remembered that the diaper bag was back at the hotel. Doh!

We wandered through some stores in a square marked "Del Monte" and then down to Hyde Pier. I was very impressed with the set-up here. The main building was free and very informative. Lots of hands on things for the kids and Ted to do ;) They all raised the sails on the model ship, and we learned all about the tug called the Hercules.

Then we wandered down to the docks. Alcatraz was really something to see from the pier, and the ships were quite intriguing. There was a car ferry which was part of Highway 101, complete with cars from the '20's. We visited the gift shop, dropped a bunch of money, and headed for the cable cars.

We're in San Francisco, so we had to travel by cable car with the ( hundreds) thousands of other tourists, but it was fun, and the kids enjoyed it. They stop on the middle of the street - the level part, and the inclines were quite steep at parts. We then got off to see the Cable Car Museum, which was also free and I highly recommend. Now, I actually understand how the cars work. Again, we bought some keepsakes (including a wooden cable car for Colin), and moved along.

We ended up walking down the street a fair distance, which was much better than walking up, and then got aboard the car to Fisherman's Wharf. After lunch at BK, we found the wharf proper and wow... what a stench of fish and crabs and people. We stayed long enough to appreciate that maybe we'll come back sometime sans children and turned around and boarded the cable cars again.

We got off far away in the middle of the city, and then found a park for the kids to play in... well, a bunch of trees and grass and they were happy. It turned out the park was a Martin Luther King memorial as well. Then we headed back again on the cable cars, picked up the car and crashed at the hotel. We picked up dinner at a local restaurant and Ted noted there was about 30 people in line for the iPhone, and there was a four hour wait to get one. He really wanted to be one of them. Too bad!

We enjoyed our day in San Francisco, and it was a welcome rest from driving half the day.

Kilometers driven: 4
Barf Blog: 0