A visit to San Francisco
Tuesday Nov. 26 we went to San Francisco to be tourists. We met Heidi, my step-sister at Boudins bakery at Pier 39. She lives in San Francisco and whenever we can we will try and visit with her. She had not seen Sherlyn since she was a girl and so we warned her that this would definitely be an age reality check. Darn it.
We ate together at the pier and she shared her latest adventures in movies. Heidi is a production manager for movies. She makes sure everything is in place before a movie she is hired for begins filming. She has several good movies she has worked on, plus some tv series. Lots of fun to visit with her.
After lunch we walked over to catch a trolley to go up Powell St. Heidi had an appointment at the top of Powell so we got to be "trolley people", as Sherlyn puts it. The man taking tickets was very funny and we had a great time riding up the steep hill. Glad we made it to the top. We said goodby to Heidi and took the local bus back down to Pier 39.
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| George is running to get on the trolley |
At pier 39 we did some souvenier shopping and took pictures of Alcatraz which was right across the water.
As we walked around the pier we came upon at least 50 to 60 sea lions playing on the neighboring pier. They were so fun to watch just playing with each other and falling into the water and getting back on the pier.
Another fascinating sight grandpa saw of course was this giant spider. It was part of San Francisco competing with New York's King Kong.
After Pier 39 we walked down to Girardelli Square.
Chocolate, chocolate, mmmmmm
As we were walking toward the square we saw this sign over a fish store
It was getting late so we didn't stop to ask
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We had a great time
Wed. the 27th we did a drive through of San Francisco and saw places like China Town, Lombard Street (the crookedest street in the world), The Painted Ladies (Victorian Homes), and ended up at the Golden Gate Bridge. Here are some fun pictures.
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