Slideshow Index: San Francisco Visit

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• Getting our shoes shined at the Denver Airport
• Kelly and Alex on our first night in SF
• Getting set to go to work
• Cable car at Powell and Mission
• Kathy at the cable car turn-around
• Powell and Mission
• Passing Union Square on the cable car
• Looking up Powell Street
• Quick shot of Coit Tower on the way
• This ride ends at Fisherman's Wharf (Pier 43)
• Some of the Seafood Restaurants
• Hanging flower basket
• Enjoying some good clam chowder
• Unusual bird with dark green coloring
• Alcatraz Island from pier 43
• An interesting public toilet
• Flowers everywhere
• Unusual trees line the wharf sidewalk
• Heading out on pier 39 (main tourist area)
• Nice seagull pose
• The sea lions are back at pier 39
• Lots of sea lions here
• A Panoramic view of pier 39 looking west
• One of the bay ferry boats
• Alcatraz and boat
• A look at the Bay Bridge to Oakland
• Couldn't resist this classic Studebaker (circa 1954)
• Great smoothies at Norman's
• The Buena Vista claims to have invented the Irish Coffee
• At the Powell and Hyde cable car turn-around
• A distant view of the Golden Gate Bridge
• The heart at the northwest corner of Union Square
• Arnie & Kathy at Union Square
• Artists Exhibitions
• Looking east at Union Square
• Palm Trees downtown
• Plenty of good shopping at Union Square
• Busy cafe at the east end of the square
• Arnie by the SE corner heart
• The heart at the southeast corner of Union Square
• Arnie having a brew in the new patio David built
• View towards the house
• The recirculating garden fountain they built
• The fountain from the other side
• Grandpa Arnie and sleeping Alex
• Their backyard as seen from Alex's room
• David at Chrissy Fields
• North end of the Golden Gate Bridge
• Looking east from the Marine Headlands viewpoint
• Nice view of the city and the Bay Bridge
• Kathy enjoying the views
• Great views of the Golden Gate Bridge (About a mile long)
• View of the west Presidio to Seal Rock
• Panoramic view of the area
• Looking west at the Marine Headlands
• The road west
• Another view of the main suspension pillar
• Heading back to the car
• Heading west on the one-way route to the Headlands
• The Pacific Ocean at the west end of the Headlands
• Heading towards the visitor center and the Marine Mammal Center
• Kathy at the entrance to the Marine Mammal Center
• There are lots of sea elephants further south near Cambria
• View out the window at the Horizons Brunches Restaurant in Suasalito
• Kathy has a birthday lunch at this waterfront restaurant
• Nice view of Sausalito
• There are many interesting homes and businesses in this town
• Another Sausalito building
• Lunch at Rose's Cafe on another 70 degree day (good weather luck)
• Alex's day care in south San Francisco, a brisk walk from their home.
• David and Alex ham it up at a pub in Bayview
• High five time.
• We take Alex for a stroll up the northwest end of McClaren Park
• From the top of McClaren, you get great views of the surrounding area
• Looking northeast
• The view north.
• Looking towards downtown
• The view to the south
• Grandma Kathy and Alex in front of their house
• Happy boy in the tub
• The Yoda fountain in front of ILM Headquarters (Lucasfilms Industrial Light and Magic)
• Grandpa Arnie gets Alex asleep again
• Kathy and Laurie
• Kathy reading Alex one of his books