04/05: The Other Side
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
A left turn out of the hotel parking lot was impossible --- between traffic and pedistrians the right hand turn was hard enough. Five right hand turns later (one road was on an angle saving me a turn) we're back on Broadway driving past the hotel and heading out of the city. I'm happy we're going north as the traffic coming south into the city is stop and go. I also get to drive across the Golden Gate bridge while Ed is busy taking photos.
The bridge from a view point on the north side of the bridge.
The bridge from a lower vantage point.
As you can see from these two photos, it is a dull, cool, grey day. It actually got a bit worse with fog rolling in. We saw some beautiful sceney along the coast but didn't even bother with photos.
We pulled into a Nike missile base and started wandering around. Unfortunatley, they were not open to the public, it was a tour for a class of grade 5 students so our visit was cut short. Ed was a little disappointed as he had a toy nike missile when he was a kid.
A nike missile.
We stop at a place called "Hamburgers" in Sausalito for a burger. There were a couple of tables in the restaurant but we opted to sit by the water to enjoy our burgers. This fellow (the gull) stared at us the entire time. Ed found a new friend at Muir Woods National Monument.
Muir Woods National Monument protects 554 acres of which 240 acres are old growth coast redwood forests, one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Looking up.
I was used as a reference to show the size of the trees.
Wouldn't this be a good alternative to the "super mailboxes" Canada Post wants to use.
We drove a loop that included Muir Beach, Stinson Beach and Mt. Tamalpais State Park, saw some beautiful scenery and got some yucky photos.
The top of the photo is fog, I had hoped the fog would give the photo some mystery or suspense but I failed.
The bridge from a view point on the north side of the bridge.
The bridge from a lower vantage point.
As you can see from these two photos, it is a dull, cool, grey day. It actually got a bit worse with fog rolling in. We saw some beautiful sceney along the coast but didn't even bother with photos.
We pulled into a Nike missile base and started wandering around. Unfortunatley, they were not open to the public, it was a tour for a class of grade 5 students so our visit was cut short. Ed was a little disappointed as he had a toy nike missile when he was a kid.
A nike missile.
We stop at a place called "Hamburgers" in Sausalito for a burger. There were a couple of tables in the restaurant but we opted to sit by the water to enjoy our burgers. This fellow (the gull) stared at us the entire time. Ed found a new friend at Muir Woods National Monument.
Muir Woods National Monument protects 554 acres of which 240 acres are old growth coast redwood forests, one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Looking up.
I was used as a reference to show the size of the trees.
Wouldn't this be a good alternative to the "super mailboxes" Canada Post wants to use.
We drove a loop that included Muir Beach, Stinson Beach and Mt. Tamalpais State Park, saw some beautiful scenery and got some yucky photos.
The top of the photo is fog, I had hoped the fog would give the photo some mystery or suspense but I failed.