11th October 2009 An early (and cold) start to get to Pier 33 on Fisherman’s Wharf to catch our ferry to Alcatraz at 9am. We had planned to use the urban rail system (the BART) to get to downtown SF, but because it’s Sunday they don’t start running until 8am - rubbish! So we ended up driving all the way to SF. ...
10th September 2009 It’s Fleet Week in San Francisco. Somehow we’ve managed to be heading for San Francisco on an extremely busy weekend, so it’s up early to leave Santa Rosa and get to the city for a decent time. Fleet Week is a celebration of the armed forces in the USA and features the Navy, Army, Marines and Coast Guard, they have recruitment stands and navy ships alongside the piers and on Saturday and Sunday an airshow featuring the Blue Angels as the star act (the American version of the Red Arrows). ...