The day dawned clear and sunny with an expected high of 24ºC. We got moving quickly this morning as we were heading about 70 miles south to San Francisco. We decided to take the scenic route down the PCH; scenic it was, fast it wasn’t, but well worth the drive.
As we got close to the Golden Gate Bridge traffic started to build, I am not sure whether it is always busy here, or whether March break may be causing an increase in tourism.
First View of the Bridge
The bridge was completed in 1937 and is 1.7 miles long and 220 ft above the water. There is a $7 toll to cross southbound, but free for northbound traffic. There are no toll collectors, the toll is either collected electronically via a transponder, or in our case they photograph the licence plate and send a bill. There is an option to pay on-line, but they don’t accommodate Canadian license plates. Hopefully they may not bill us!
We’ve decided that neither of us are city lovers, so we did our old faithful hop-on hop-off bus tour.
Colourful House
Iconic Cable Car
Entrance to China Town
China Town
City Hall
Sold Recently for $3 million
Victorian Houses
Into the Hippy Section
Botanical Gardens
Sycamore Trees at the Science Museum
Guess What
Tall Ship off Pier 41
Seals Taking over the Moorings off Pier 39
Seals or Sardines?A Store for Our Son, Paul
Although we came home the “fast” route, it took just as long as the trip down, even the 10 lane freeway out of the city slowed down to a crawl.
Tomorrow is clean-up, pack-up day ready for an early(ish) start ob Friday.