We are only spending three nights in San Francisco so that gave us a couple of hours yesterday and two full days. Since the time is limited we made a list of things we'd want to see and do and picked the top couple. We ticked off Chinatown yesterday, and the first thing on today's list was ride a cable car.

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After a half hour or so walk from our hotel to Powell and Market Streets and just under an hour it was finally our turn to get on a cable car. I guess riding a cable car is on a lot of people's list.

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We were lucky and managed seats up front beside the brake man. Ed and the brakeman had a bonding moment when the brakeman noticed that he and Ed have the same watch. Part way through the ride we ended up with a couple standing in front of us and just before the last big downhill, the woman and Ed switched places. Ed had really wanted to stand and hang on, which is what he was doing when he took this photo.

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A crabby fellow near fisherman's wharf.

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Looking at old navy ship through a gate.

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Ed and I walked for miles and miles .... ok just a couple of miles, along the waterfront. This photo was taken from an old fishing pier.

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The pier curving to the right is the one we took the previous picture from.

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Finally, we could see the Gold Gate bridge.

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The Palace of Fine Arts is a structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The structure was rebuilt in 1965.

Our friends Connie and Henry live in Thousand Oaks just outside of LA. Unfortunately, Henry was in Vancouver and Connie was in Toronto when we drove near Thousand Oaks. They both arrived home a few days later and decided to visit two of their daughters who live in San Francisco and meet up with us during our stay here. Happily, Connie and Henry were able to pick us up near the Palace of Fine Arts and we went out for a late lunch. I was also very happy that they drove us back to our hotel .... no more walking today. Turned out we are staying about 10 blocks from the apartment building where both daughters live.