We finished our trip up the coast of California in San Francisco. It was really foggy when we set off early in the morning but by the time we arrived at the Golden Gate Bridge the fog had mostly lifted and we got some awesome views of the bridge and bay.
We drove across the bridge, well Rosie did - I took care of paying the toll online! We also stopped for a walk - we decided it was too far to walk all the way across, it's a big bridge, but we walked to the first pillar! Afterwards we continued up into the Marin Headlands for some scenic shots of the bay.
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| A foggy start to the day |
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| On the Golden Gate Bridge |
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| View from Marin Headlands |
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| City by the Bay! |
Later we drove back into the city but we had some problems trying to find a place to leave the van so we could actually see anything! After a lot of driving around we eventually we found a parking space near Golden Gate Park, a good 30 min bus ride from downtown!
We went around the downtown area and then walked to Chinatown and the touristy area of Fisherman's wharf for some souvenir shopping. We got a streetcar back to downtown and to see the piers and the Bay Bridge on the way.
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| Chinatown - we even saw a couple of Vietnamese places! |
We saw much more of the Bay Bridge later. I think there had been a truck breakdown on the Bridge and we got stuck in a never ending traffic jam on the way out of the city. It took us 3 hours to drive the 77 miles to our campsite! I was driving and I was NOT happy but there wasn't much opportunity to swap drivers so I just had to stick it out. I had a beer when we got to our camp to chill out! We used to be extreme distance drivers in Aus, we're just out of practice!
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| San Fran traffic |
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| Bay Bridge |
Over all we liked SF, it's just a shame we didn't have another day to spend here to explore it more thoroughly. It was also a bit awkward with the van because the driving and parking was so busy and difficult. The good news is we're already halfway to Yosemite National Park so it will be a short driving day tomorrow.
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