San Francisco

There was one thing I wanted to do when I planned the trip was to see San Francisco simply as a tourist. I moved from Bay Area Skydiving on Monday the 18th to a place on the coast Called Point Montara Lighthouse. Its a real lighthouse and its also a hostel. I had room to myself which was called the the Watch Room and it looked directly out to sea. Point Montara is about 25 miles south of San Francisco. Point Montara provides very reasonably priced accommodation for all ages, families included.

So my plan was to drive to the nearest railway station and get the train into the city. This I did, they have a system of trains called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Its a bit like the Metro at home or the Underground in London.

I spent a day and a half having a good look around. Ever since I saw the film Bullet with Steve McQueen I wanted to look around the streets and see the Golden Gate Bridge. I did lots of walking, had a ride on one of the famous trams, went up Coit Tower, went round China Town, visited Pier 39, went to the Wells Fargo Museum, took over a 100 photo's and was absolutely knackered. There is just so much to see and I could have spent so much longer there. My only regret is that I did not get very close to the Golden Gate Bridge, however it was quite foggy the closer you got to the bridge so perhaps it was as well. I did however get to see Alcatraz from the ferry, we actually got quite close.

I have attached quite a number of pictures just to give you a bit of an idea what its like. Once again I hope you like them. I am in Texas now at Skydive Dallas, I will update my blog with this in the next couple of days. john 23/8