In my last post, I talked about my trip to Yosemite National Park with my family this summer. After that, we spent about five days in sunny (and chilly) San Francisco.
My family had been to San Francisco once before (yes, they went without me when I was gone for a summer in high school), but this was my first time. Of course, I only brought one long sleeved shirt. No jacket.
San Francisco is windy.
We did the touristy city things, such as seeing Alcatraz and going to the Fisherman’s Wharf, but we also went out to the Muir Woods and loitered around the shores of Marin County for a day. We had plenty of good food, from little pancakes to Indian, and the hotel’s TV was larger than any I’d seen in a hotel before.
The old trolleys were fun, but of course they were always crowded. You know why? Because we were there on the 4th of July weekend. Crazy. That night, we went down to the Wharf to see the fireworks, but the fog came in and they weren’t much more than bursts of lit-up-cloud.
We saw a lot in the few days we were there — the Ghiradelli chocolate factory, Coit Tower, Legion of Honor, California Academy of Sciences, Lombard Street, Haigh-Ashbury, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate, and more. I’d love to return some day, take it slow, and see what else this city has to offer.
Below are a few photos from the trip, and you can see many more here on Flickr. Hope you enjoy.
