Day 40 July 22 2010

This was a first for us. We have never taken a guided tour, always did it on our own. It was worth every penny, not to have to fight traffic, pay inflated parking prices, find our way around, and not see near what we did by taking the tour. Of course your time is limited at stops but it was fine and we got more than enough pics of all. It brought back a lot of memories for us. Boy we never dreamed 52 years ago that we would be back touring in our own RV and seeing the good ole U.S.A. All we could afford back then were mayo and mustard sandwiches, nothing else on them and we had to walk or take a bus to get some places. It was a great day and took the worries off us and we learned a lot of history that we did not know. I would highly advise if you get the chance some time to take a tour like that. Oh yes as we were leaving San Francisco our tour guide put on the song I Left My Heart In San Francisco and it brought a tear to the eye. A neat ending to a wonderful day.

Guess what we did today !!!!!!!!

Right, we took a tour of San Francisco, CA.

Angelena will be our guide and driver.

Going down U.S. 101 we saw this house we had to take the pic of for you.

Our first sighting of the Golden Gate Bridge since 1958.

Alcatraz.

Look at the size of this cable. WOW.

We are here.

An open market in San Francisco.

A view of the Pacific Ocean.

One of the first settlers in San Francisco were from Holland and built this.

There are Buffalo in the park here also.

The Arts Center building.

These next 3 pics were taken from the top of the above building.

Nice legs.

Hippyville.

Row Houses in S.F.

All of these survived the Earthquakes and Fire.

these are known as the pretty ladies, not sure why just are.

Nice paint job on this one.

The California Seal on this building.

Just a sign on Highway 101 that goes thru town.

The Cable Car Route.

An Old Church along the route of the Cable Car.

We are about to meet another car going up the hill.

This is the car we rode.

Then along Fisherman's Wharf.

An old Street Car they still use also.

The USS Pampanito was in port for a tour if you wanted.

Pat thought this was a perfect pic of the seagull.

We had lunch here.

A view from our table inside.

Look we found where the seals hang out along the wharf also.

Had more of them.

WOW too many to count.

A Lighthouse here to. It is a restaurant at night

Pat found a friend.

The Blue Moon ???

These guys did a great job of singing.

The Flags on the wharf.

Then we toured China Town.

Check this street out.

Some of the homes that have a nice view of the bay. Some sell for about $4,000,000. ea.

Then to Fort Point.

Another pic of the bridge.

The Fort sits at the base of the GGB.

Info.

Inside the fort.

A lighthouse at the fort.

A tower on the fort.

See the Kite Boarders.

A cargo ship enters the Bay going to Oakland CA to unload its cargo..

















One of the last view we have of S.F. and the Bay.

One more.

Then back at the RV Park where they are having a hay ride.

Sorry about the last few pics but I had the settings wrong. Oh well.