Despite the comment about not sticking to a checklist, which I agree with, there are some trips you just have to do - so yesterday morning I went to Alcatraz and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the rest of the island as well as the actual cell blocks which are suitably grim. There's more to see than you expect, including the gardens originally created by guards and inmates which have been revived.
Later I trekked up to a high point called Coit Tower for views over the city, then steeply down and up again to the famous "crooked street" where the cars have to zig zag down, it's so steep.
Today another San Francisco cliche - I hired a bike and cycled across the Golden Gate Bridge. Over the other side of the bay I visited some woods and the little town of Sausalito where, after all that cycling, I had the biggest ice cream you can imagine, and then caught a ferry back.
San Francisco has joined Vancouver on my list of favourite places - which is great as those are the two places I've had most days visiting!
Apologies that despite my change to the settings, the blog doesn't alert followers when I update it. I've not forgotten about giving people access to more of my photos on line - I've been creating some albums, and just need to work out how to share them. For newer readers of the blog, there's a summary of my planned itinerary in the September entries. And finally thanks to Michael for his helpful correction!
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