Haven't posted here in a while -- San Francisco trip pics (40+)

[priller]

Hi guys, it's been a while. I still read this all the time, just haven't posted lately. Still taking lots of photos, but I've been doing a lot of more documentary photos of buildings and construction, which I think most people wouldn't find too terribly interesting.

Recently my wife and I went on a short trip to San Francisco. We were fortunate enough to have really nice weather most of the time; it was only really cold the first morning. I've been to SF about 10 times, but always for business. This time we just did the tourist thing.

Hope you enjoy these!


The first morning was cold and foggy, but it quickly warmed up.










We made our way down to Fisherman's Wharf:








My wife got tickets to this double-decker tour bus that also included a visit to Alcatraz. I had never been out there before and I found it quite interesting. I expected it to be all dark and gloomy -- and some of it was -- but the prison quarters had quite a lot of light streaming through.


































The next day we got on the tour bus again. It's one of these hop-on / hop-off buses that does a circular route. It didn't stop too often, however, so not a lot of photo ops during the tour.










After that we got off and rode the street cars down to the wharf so the wife could do some shopping.














My wife would not want me to show this picture of her -- "Why do you insist on taking my picture when I have no makeup on and been walking around outside all morning?" But I think she looks great here.




As the sun went down we went back downtown to the Marriott hotel and went up to the bar at the top, I think the 39th floor. Called "The View", appropriately enough.












The next day we went to Golden Gate Park. It's huge! We were there for 5 hours and just barely scratched the surface. I really wanted to go to the new Science museum, but the line to get in was literally half a mile long. Crazy! So we spent most of our time in the de Young art museum and the Japanese tea gardens.







This is what happens after you spend a few hours in an art museum. You get artsy. A self-portrait.

[Mz Pip]

1. Very cool

I've lived here for nearly 40 years and have never been to Alcatraz. I should do some of the tourist attractions one of these days. Now would be a good time to do it. We're in the worst drought in history and one of the side effects of a drought is glorious weather. It must be close to 70 today.

[Celebration]

4. Yes, go

I loved looking at these pictures, particularly Alcatraz. It is a tourist destination that does not disappoint.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Nice!

San Francisco is such a great place for picture-taking, and these are great. Your twilight shots are gorgeous.

[Tindalos]

3. Oohh! San Francisco is pretty!

I really like your street scenes, especially the ones of the street musicians and the foggy street shots. Also Alcatraz. It has so much character.

[trusty elf]

5. Lots of lovely shots, thanks for sharing!

I'm taking my 16 year old daughter to California this summer. If all goes according to plan, we'll start out in the San Diego area, visiting an old friend of mine, then rent a car and drive up the coast to S.F. and then back down to SoCal.

Your photos have whetted my appetite for the trip!

Here are some aerial pics I took a while back.

[Mira]

6. I love some of these so much I'm practically speechless. Thank you. Posting these

was hard work and so worth it.
It's been way too long since I was there.
The Alcatraz photos are fascinating, and the one of the stairway and the yellow openings takes my breath away.

[143tbone]

7. Your photos are absolutely beautiful, but

the two golden dorrways shot at Alcatraz is stunning.

[NV Whino]

8. Those shots are all wonderful

But I love that first shot of city hall.

[JeffR]

9. It's been worth the wait to see new stuff from you.

Hope you're well. And please don't let too much time go by before you share again. You have some excellent photos here.

[priller]

10. Thanks all.

SF is so photogenic, it's easy to get inspired there. Thanks for the feedback.

[Eurobabe]

11. Very, very nice...

I feel like I just took a trip to the West Coast. :hi: