Last San Francisco Day....

Last day....we had to pack it full! Because Richard had been sick for a few days, we saved the Alcatraz / Fisherman's Wharf visit to last. Up early and out to Alcatraz. Sadly, Richard decided he wasn't up to it.


We bought our Alcatraz tickets and wandered down the waterfront area waiting on our "boarding time" for the ferry. I enjoyed the huge Christmas tree that they haven't taken the decorations from yet.


Efficiently boarded the ferry for the short trip out to Alcatraz.



Did an "audio tour" of the island. Very nice National Park. Miranda here, worried that they might lock her in....very small cells - lots of history. Nice to see once.


Cool view back towards San Francisco - amazing just how close it is. You can see the currents and eddy's in the water, though. It definitely looked like a swim across would be impossible.



Richard perked up mid-day so we went back to the apartment and picked him up. Next on the agenda was to visit China Town. A neat district of "real" Chinese vendors and restaurants. It had a good vibe like some of the streets we've seen in China.



The kids enjoyed some sightseeing and shopping.



After a nice meal at the "Four Seas" restaurant in China Town, we went down to Fisherman's Wharf. Sharon and Buddy had told us to look into the "Penny Arcade" museum. We found it and we all enjoyed it very much. Lots of old timey arcade games. All in working order. Many were all wooden. I even did a "peep show" - you cranked a lever and viewed the "peep show" thru a view-finder. HAHA - the ladies looked like they were from the 20's - and they were fully clothed - showing just a BIT of leg!! Funny.....

Richard found a game that you shot at the little ducks as they rolled by....



And they both did this silly "shock" game. (It was really just vibration, not shocks).




A nice finish to a nice vacation. The kids fly home tomorrow - sadly, we're heading to Indiana for Duane's aunt - Maxine's funeral. We'll be home Thursday.