Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge

Vacaville is about an hour from San Francisco so we decided to spend at least some of the day in the city. We began with the best Motel breakfast so far. The make your own waffles could be covered in strawberries or blue berries or a whole lot of other less healthy options. They were yummy.

We had a relaxed start and spend some time in Walmart before we set off for SF. Yes we got a few bargains at Walmart. For our day in San Francisco we had decided we would drive over the bridge, so we drove around the top of the harbour and then onto the freeway which eventually crosses the bridge. To get a good view we drove up on to the Marin Headlands. This meant fighting for a parking space. The biggest difference was after a week of being hot we had to find jackets and jerseys to combat the cold. The fog was also doing its best to cover the bridge pylons. Still it was good to get a different view point. Then we drove across. Aimee took lots of photos while David concentrated on the traffic. We had to pay the toll on line later. Expensive at $7-50.

Golden Gate Bridge from Marin Headlands

Our next stop Lombard street, the world's most curved street. This was easy to get to you as the 101 goes along Lombard Street for a while. It was fun to drive down but hard to get a photo.

We then found a place to park. After the first 15 minutes it cost $3 for 15 minutes. Who would have a car in this city?

We caught the trolley car around the embarcadero almost all the way around to Union Square. These Street Cars are beautifully restored. We bought some rolls from Walgreens and found a seat in the sun in Union Square. Very pleasant. Then we explored Britex fabrics. This is an amazing four stories of all sorts of fabric. Nothing purchased today however.

In car park at Golden Gate Bridge

Back on a street car we went on a return journey as far as the ferry building. David and Aimee spend some time in the great bookshop there before we caught the trolley again back to our car. O the pain of paying the parking!!

On the way to our motel near the airport we went to the Painted Ladies. These are the brightly painted and beautifully restored houses featured in the opening credits of "Full House". There were lots of people there but we got a great car park. No charge for this one. Amazing how television turns an area into an attraction.

Google maps informed us it would take 30 minutes to get to the motel. This seemed impossible as for ages we were stuck in very slow jam packed roads. However it was right, the roads freed up and we covered 20+ miles as predicted.

We had dinner in the restaurant over the road. We had the Greek options. They were very good. This was our last night before going to Texas so quite a bit of time was spend packing our bags. Yes it did all fit, even with all the shopping. And a great finish to a great day, the bed at Days Inn was the most comfortable yet.

Painted Ladies