Wandering San Francisco (Again), Day 5
I never know what to do here, a fact exacerbated by Alcatraz tickets being sold out until next Tuesday. If only my lack of planning would have constituted an emergency on someone else’s part. Ah, well. I’ll always have this photo by which to remember not going to Alcatraz.
SF also has a lot of military history in it. The town seems like they want to do everything they can to preserve this, without actually telling anyone about it. We all got our reasons, I guess, but it would’ve been cool if there’d been some sort of museum or plaque tour around Fort Mason (the place where troops boarded ships heading to the Pacific theater of war in WWII). Went and saw an Liberty Ship-as-museum they had floating not too far away, though, which was an interesting historical artifact in itself.
Also, a big thanks out to Vince and Tammy for letting me stay at their place last night and to Shalini and Raj for tonight.
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I have always liked going to Battery Spencer and to Fort Point for photos of the Golden Gate. If you look at the Google Maps photos of San Francisco, you see a ton of old batteries and other military positions. It’s really quite neat.
Another thing to see and photograph near SF is the Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands. http://www.nps.gov/goga/pobo.htm
Guess you’ll have to put it on your next itinerary? Sounds like you found some other interesting places anyway — : – )
I remember many fun trips to the USS Pampanito when I was young 🙂
Would’ve liked to have made it onto the Pampanito — only discovered that part of the wharf a few minutes before the boat tours were closing and opted for the Liberty Ship instead (had never seen one before). Next time…