Day 11: Alcatraz

 San Francisco, CA

Definitely got in my steps AND my incline today...

Our hotel was right near everything we wanted to go to, so one day without the car felt pretty good.

The hotel had hot breakfast to go, which was thankfully included in the price - perhaps that is part of the resort fee? Those things are annoying.

We made the short walk to Pier 33 and got on our boat to Alcatraz. Definitely worth it! 

After Alcatraz, we headed to Pier 39 to wander around and get lunch. And a nice pic of the island.

Then we went to Fisherman's Wharf, but mostly so Hayden could go to the "It's Sugar" store. Which is nothing but candy. That was $30 well spent. 

Then we headed back to the hotel to relax, for the night as it turned out. After 6 hours of walking around, we were all a little spent.

But we hit the top things to do in San Fran:

✅ Dinner from Chinatown

✅ Golden Gate Bridge (Hayden has a cool video of us crossing it)

✅ Alcatraz Island

✅ Fisherman's Wharf

Muir Woods was definitely on our to do list, and so was Palace of the Arts, but we might have to save it for next time.

Today's Totals:

0 miles on the car! But, what I didn't pay in gas, I made up for it in lodging...

$704

Today's Lessons:

1. California requires you to have a bag when purchasing, and if you don't have a bag, they charge you anywhere from .10-.25 (that I saw) to get a bag. We were just able to use our food bag for everything, which was free, so that worked out I guess.

2. Alcatraz definitely had some Shawshank vibes - nice call Gretchen! In the part of the tour that showed the break out rooms, I was looking for the poster that covered the hole.

3. First big city that we've been to that I felt super comfortable walking around in. Great people watching.

4. Alcatraz has been taken over by the birds. White spatters all around...

Next stop, San Diego. It will be a LONG day in the car, hopefully with some cool views of the ocean - we will be taking the Cali 1 for some of the hike down there. 

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