Today we went on a cable car. I have always wanted to ride on the standing board but have never been able to. Today, that was the only place available so we travelled all the way from Union Square to the bottom of Hyde St (near Fisherman's Wharf). That route takes in some pretty steep hills & we got some good views. It was a clear sunny day and the Golden Gate Bridge was completely visible. My camera is still playing up. It is telling me the memory is full &...

Today was much cooler than it has been in SF. We went on the green line hop on hop off tour & although it was a single decker bus, it was still predominantly roofless. It was pretty chilly in the open as there was no sun. The tour took us through the Theatre District, the Civic District, into Golden Gate Park, the Haight/Ashbury District (hippie area), Japantown & Alamo Square. The driver/guide did not stop talking, ever. I'm sure he had plenty of interes...

We got on a hop on hop off bus just after 10am this morning and started with the Downtown loop. We started at Union Square & found out the big heart we had taken our photos with last night was painted with the same paint as the Golden Gate Bridge. The other side of the heart has a picture of San Francisco on it which was painted by Tony Bennett. Personally I preferred the plain side. We went past City Hall, Little Saigon, Chinatown & Little Italy. We chos...

We left about 9am this morning & headed for Santa Rosa, home of the Charles Shultz Museum. It was about an hour's drive north. Driving through the streets of San Francisco is quite challenging. The lanes are not always clearly marked and there are trams & tram tracks to negotiate as well as intersections where all the lights just flash. But, we made it safely there and back. I have been to San Francisco twice before but have never been over the Golden Ga...

We left Ashland this morning in very thick fog. At 7am it looked ok but by 8am it was foggy. The forecast was for dense fog & that is what we got. We started climbing a mountain as soon as we had left the town. We went up and down a few big mountains with plenty of snow lying around. It looked beautiful. The fog was so thick at times we couldn't see very far in front of us at all. We passed a sign that said Vista Point coming up but there was nothing but fog ...