Trip to San Francisco

We had another place to visit while we were in California.
We took a drive up the coast to San Francisco. As we stopped along the beach we came across this sign. Doesn't look like I want to go swimming there!
A surprise greeted as we drove further north. The Pigeon Point Lighthouse. We stopped to go have a closer look. We spoke with some men who knew the history of the lighthouse. You can not go into the lighthouse. There is work going on to restore it.
Some fascinating plants at the light house. California has so many different plants. My husband and I were suffering with allergies since we encountered the dust in Arizona.
Here is the San Francisco bridge that we had to see while in California. As you can see it was rainy and quite cold.
We decided to find a place to eat while we were on this side of bridge. We stopped at a small cafe. We both had soup and sandwich. The sandwiches were huge. I had to take other half of my veggie sandwich back with me to eat later. The hot chicken and rice soup was tasty and it warmed me up quite nicely.
From this side of the bridge we could see Alcatraz island. Alcatraz used to serve as a prison. The bridge you see behind the island is the Oakland San Francisco Bay Bridge. We did not go on it.
Here is the bridge going back to the San Francisco side. I wanted to go to China Town.
Here is one of the famous trolley cars.
A view of some of the steep streets.
Well, let me just say that San Francisco and China Town were so crowded. We couldn't find a parking place and it cost $17 to park in a lot. The streets were so confusing. So we decided to forget getting out to walk around the downtown and headed home.
We were exhausted when we got back to camp. It had been a nice day.

Next I will show photos from Yosemite.

Tonight we are in Salt Lake City, Utah. We are leaving in the morning and traveling across Wyoming. Our next stop will be Wellington, Colorado. It will take approximately 8 hours to get to our next destination. So I am off to sleep.

I am slowly reading your comments. It has been tricky with Internet connections. I am way behind on my posts of the trip but will continue to show you the trip as I can.

Off to bed,

Carrie P.