We stopped just north of San Francisco at the Golden Gate Recreation Area to get a picture of the Bridge and to see the radiolarian chert (a rock made entirely of silica that used to be part of tiny creatures that lived in the ocean).
After driving over the Golden Gate Bridge we parked downtown near Fisherman’s Wharf. We had lunch at Boudin Sourdough Bakery and got out of the touristy Fisherman’s Wharf area as fast as possible due to people overload.
We got downtown on the trolley system and walked through Chinatown, which was very clean and Westernized compared to that of Vancouver. After downtown we caught a bus to Golden Gate Park, past the famous City Hall and Opera House.
At the park we checked out some of the neat architecture. The California Academy of Science building was the most impressive, as it had a huge living roof, but the Conservatory of Flowers was also pretty impressive. We took an abbreviated stroll through the Botanical Gardens because our feet were killing us from all the walking. Afterwards we took the trolley back to our car and drove south out of town on a crazy 12-lane highway. We were glad to be out of the city by then.
2 comments:
It is obvious that you are having the trip of a lifetime and enjoying it. I'm sure that many people are looking at your blog with envy. I'm one of them. I really enjoy all those beautiful pictures that you are posting. It's like having a free subscription to National Geographic. If I understand, you should be back in NS in about two months, am I right? Please keep us posted you lucky kids.
Uncle Yvon.
Yup, should be back around the end of November!
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