The temperature today has been rather cold. It was pretty cool this morning on the Streetcar tour but now it feels even colder. The high on this tour was about 60, nevertheless, we still rode on the top deck.
This tour will take us thru the Fisherman's Wharf, Union Square, Civic Center, City Hall, Fillmore Street,, The Painted Ladies, The Presidio, The Golden Gate Bridge and Recreation Park, Palace of Fine Arts, Ghirardelli Square, Coit Tower, Little Italy, Chinatown and Downtown.
More of Fisherman's Wharf.... This is a hop on, hop off tour so we will walk some of the area...
The Coit Tower, 210 ft. tall, Memorial to the Firefighters who fought fires after the 1906 earthquake.
The beautiful downtown area.....
The Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Chinatown...very busy here, too.
Someone is hanging their dirty laundry here....or was it laundry day and no dryers?!!
Someone only had chones to dry....so funny!
This is the art gallery and antique store area....
Law School....
A Farmers Market...
The Civic Center area...City hall where Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe got married.... The following are really beautiful buildings.
The Symphony Hall....beautiful, too.
More residential area....
This is Nob Hill...homes to the rich and famous....and they are beautiful.
This is Post Card Row. Check out the background to these homes. The first six to your right are called "The Pretty Ladies". They are all alike but different spring colored. The 4th one from the right is featured in the series "Full House"
This is the house.
More multimillion dollar houses but less millions....that is what the guide said...
The St. Ignatius Church.....
It is beautiful....
We are headed under the tunnel to see what we can see of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is clear here but it is usually under fog....
This Bridge is amazing. Joseph Strauss...the founder.
Too foggy. Maybe we will be able to see it when we cross it going back to Travis.
The Golden Gate Recreation area...
The Marina.
A skyline view of San Francisco.
A view of Sausalito...
The Fort Point....used to be a military fort. These homes are right by the Bridge.
More of San Francisco.
The Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
The Performing Arts Center.
Back into town and it is much warmer now. The sun feels good. It is in the low 70s.
This is the Gym to the Galileo High School built in 1925. Natalie Wood, O.J. Simpson and others went to school here.
O.J. got his football beginnings here.
The Ghirardelli Candy Company
It is a beautiful building.
A beautiful boat!
The old Del Monte Plant....
We completed our tour and headed home. This is the view of the Golden Gate Bridge now.
Yesterday was the last day for us in San Francisco. We had a wonderful time here.
Today we drove to Merced, CA. We are boon docking at Wally. We will go out to Yosemite National Park tomorrow morning.
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