Day 10 - San Francisco

We arrived late last night about 9:30. We decided to start our tour today with a little help from Gray Line Tours by taking their ultimate city and Muir Woods tour.  They picked us up at our hotel at 8:15 and took us down to their office at Fisherman's Wharf. Our morning tour took us through San Francisco to Muir Woods.  On our way we passed Ghirardelli Square, Galileo High School which had such notable graduates as Joe DiMaggio, Linda Evans and O.J. Simpson and the Presidio  We also went over the Golden Gate Bridge and saw Alcatraz from a distance.

The lone sailor statue

View of Alcatraz

We spent about one hour at Muir Woods and had another opportunity today to commune with nature.  It was awesome.

On the way back we has an hour to visit Sausalito a quaint little bayside town.

We went back to the Gray Line offices and had lunch (on our own) before taking off on the second part of our tour which was of the city itself.  We were taken through the different parts of the city and given much of the history of San Francisco. We went over the Golden Gate Bridge and got to take pictures from a different vantage point, drove through Golden Gate Park and drove to Twin Peaks. My head is still spinning with all the facts we heard today.

Lombard Street

 

Lands End

 

Lands End

At the end of the tour we got off at Pier 39 and explored that area for a while before walking down to Pier 1, down Market Street to Union Square and finally had dinner about 3 blocks from our hotel before heading home for the night.  It was a busy day.

Ron and I had considered moving here as it is a beautiful city but with a starter - 2 bedroom, 1 bath home averaging $700,000 and the average rent for a one bedroom apartment $3000 I think we'll stay at the lake. 

That's all for now!