{"id":190,"date":"2008-08-23T12:48:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2008-08-24T23:32:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T03:32:04","slug":"san-francisco-vacation-day-two-08202008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Vacation: Day Two (08\/20\/2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started off taking the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to a station downtown where I can catch a cable car down to Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/CableCarRide_003.jpg\" alt=\"The Powel and Mason Cable Car\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Powel and Mason Cable Car<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/CableCarRide_007.jpg\" alt=\"Thats a steep hill to go up\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#39;s a steep hill to go up<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/CableCarRide_012.jpg\" alt=\"What goes up must come down\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">What goes up must come down<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Cable Car let me off right in front of Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf. I walked around and saw dozens of shops and plenty of places to fill the belly with all types of food&#8230; of course, there were many seafood joints&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/FishermanWharf_003.jpg\" alt=\"Entering the wharf\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entering the wharf<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/FishermanWharf_009.jpg\" alt=\"The Cannery\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cannery<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/FishermanWharf_011.jpg\" alt=\"Hooters!  I had to have lunch there\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hooters!  I had to have lunch there<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/FishermanWharf_016.jpg\" alt=\"I could smell that bread\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I could smell that bread<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then down to the waterfront and the Piers.  (on &#8220;The Embarcadero&#8221;)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/TheEmbarcadero_005.jpg\" alt=\"Lots of flowers along the way\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of flowers along the way<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/TheEmbarcadero_015.jpg\" alt=\"Time for a pic\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time for a pic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Most notably, Pier 39&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/Pier39_001.jpg\" alt=\"Sea Lions o plenty\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Lions o&#39; plenty<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/Pier39_003.jpg\" alt=\"A view of Alcatraz Island\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Alcatraz Island<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/Pier39_004.jpg\" alt=\"With the Pier39 flag and Alcatraz Island in the background\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the Pier39 flag and Alcatraz Island in the background<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, the Alcatraz Bay Cruise Tour (the only official Tour I took.). This one did not dock on the island, but cruised around the bay. I found this one to be very interesting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/AlcatrazCruiseTour_013.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown SF from the bay\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown SF from the bay<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/AlcatrazCruiseTour_032.jpg\" alt=\"The Golden Gate Bridge from below\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate Bridge from below<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/AlcatrazCruiseTour_044.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to Alcatraz\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome to Alcatraz<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/AlcatrazCruiseTour_054.jpg\" alt=\"Cell block on Alcatraz\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cell block on Alcatraz<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmolenda.com\/vacation\/SF08\/images\/AlcatrazCruiseTour_061.jpg\" alt=\"One of the work places on Alcatraz\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the work places on Alcatraz<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started off taking the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to a station downtown where I can catch a cable car down to Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf&#8230; The Cable Car let me off right in front of Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf. I walked around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=190\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-vacation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}