SAN FRANCISCO....DAY ONE

We wanted to visit San Francisco while we are in this area, it was about a hundred miles from Riverbank.  One of my walker friends, Grace, recommended Standiford  Veterinary in Modesto that boards pets. We went and visited and saw their boarding facilities and felt comfortable leaving Maggie and Marlee there. We also took a Friday off, so we wouldn't be rushed. On Wednesday, August 2, we dropped Maggie and Marlee off in Modesto and headed to Vallejo, where we have motel reservations for two nights.  We drove through the California Delta, we had heard about the Delta, but didn't realize we were so close.

After passing through the Delta we drove through what could have been the plains of South Dakota.....complete with cows and hay.

We got to Vallejo around 10:00, got checked in at our motel  and headed for the ferry to San Francisco.

We found the parking lot and Darrell mastered the parking meter! We thought $5 a day was reasonable!

We went to the Ferry Building and bought our round trip tickets.

We thought $7.10 one way was very reasonable!!

We got in line for the ferry.

It was an hour's ferry ride to San Francisco.

It was a fun trip over, we talked to a couple in front of us who were familiar with this area and they  pointed out some landmarks for us. 

First look at San Francisco from the water.

It was a little foggy!

We were a 45 minute walk to a seafood restaurant that I wanted to have lunch at, they also served hamburgers for Darrell. We were starved by the time we got there!

Fog Harbor on Pier 39.

Fog Harbor is right on the water.

I had a crab roll......sooo good! Darrell had a hamburger that was so big  he couldn't eat it all.

After lunch we just walked around Pier 39......lots of people and most spoke a different language.

We walked by this bakery and they were making bread in the window!

We went inside.....bread loaves for every month of the year.

We walked by the famous  Fisherman's Wharf sign.

Stopped to take a picture.

Entertainers all along the wharf. Singing and playing musical instruments.

Some were even making  balloon art!

Saw the cable cars that climb halfway to the stars.

We found the white gazebo where we are to meet tomorrow to go on a six hour tour of San Francisco and Muir Woods.

We kept walking, it  was a nice enough day folks were swimming and sun bathing.

 Hyde Park is a  quiet respite in the heart of  Fisherman's Wharf.

I walked way out on this Pier.

Darrell decided to conserve his energy and waited here on this bench for me.

Looking back toward the city.

It was time to head back to the ferry, we had a long walk ahead of us!!

Finally the Ferry!

Another hour ride back on the Ferry. It had been a long day.....until tomorrow San Francisco.