San Francisco MUIR WOODS

DAY 1

The very lovely staff at Inn San Francisco pointed us in the right direction for the 49 bus, and then the very lovely people on the 49 bus recommended we hopped across onto the 47 bus when we got so far along, so we were nearer to the sightseeing stop and before we knew it we were ready to hop on the 

Hop on Hop off bus

We bought the 2 day pass and did 4 tours, Sausalito, beaches tour, night tour and downtown tour, and tickets incuded 3 extras admissions so we chose Muir Woods (which meant we wasted no time in going over the famous Golden Gate bridge), the California Academy of Sciences and a boat ride back across the bay. How exciting!!

First view of the famous Golden Gate Bridge

Great excitement on the bus as we drove over it...

 There were plenty of people biking over it.

Of course there was a plank once we had crossed over it, in Sausalito, although I was the only person doing one. Always look for an opportunity to plank.

We loved Muir Woods. 

It is a peaceful place with several trails to follow and thousands of magnificent redwoods to test our photography skills and the mobility in our necks. 

Muir Woods is one of the world's last remaining ancient redwood forests, redwoods being the TALLEST LIVING THINGS on earth.  It was cool, quiet, peaceful and absolutely fabulous.

We had a great couple of hours walking the trails of Muir Woods. 

John Kent bought the forest to protect the Redwoods and to prevent the Water Board from damming and flooding the valley. However, he wanted no credit for it, just because he was able to afford to buy it, so the forest was named after his friend William Muir, another naturalist.

l, Kent, r, Muir

The cluster of trees on the left is a family of trees, the tree on the right would have grown from just one tiny seed. 

They were so impressive. We learned lessons from the redwoods. 

Stand tall. Drink lots of water. Look after your family. Enjoy the view. 

We also saw shamrock,

And we saw a chipmunk.

And a bear.

And after half an hour in the gift shop we hop-on-and-offed back to Sausalito.

Sausalito was lovely. We sat on a wall eating fish 'n' chips, watching a humming bird in the trees, we had a nosey in the shops and we watched pelicans diving for and catching fish.

 LOOK AT MY PELICAN PHOTO! 

We took the ferry across the bay back to Ferry Building 1....

...then realised we were about 14 blocks away from where we needed to be for the night tour, 

AAARRRGGGHHH!! 

So we squeezed on an absolutely RAMMED tram and made it back to the night tour busstop with minutes to spare. You can't beat a bit of  Hollindale-style "Tight Schedule" haha.

It was too dark to photograph the night tour, but here is a San Francisco hill.

 It's steep.

Very steep.

What a great day. 

Cub had been working all day till 9pm, working, as in, having a drink with his new member of staff, so we met him outside Macy's in Union Square when he had finished working/drinking and went for a pizza in Zero Zero. It was a great day but we were now a bit goosed, a bit jet lagged 

.....and still had no cases....

Heck, we were ready for our feather bed.