Bay Area exploration

The range of activities in the San Francisco area rivals only the range of landscapes. Since arriving in the Bay Area last Monday, I have taken the week to explore as much as possible here in the city. One of the first things anyone should do first is see the Golden Gate Bridge, just as it seems in the photo, it truly is bigger than life (and $6/car to cross it!).


Next, I made my way to Fisherman's Wharf.


Word to the wise; do not take your car to downtown San Francisco, you will pay a dollar for 24 minutes (25 cents for 6 minutes) at the parking meter. I looked for what seemed like forever for Boudin (http://www.boudinbakery.com/), the infamous San Francisco sourdough bread maker, but came up short. Lunch was at hand and I was hungry so I opted for In-N-Out Burger and it was supremely delicious, I mean come on, you gotta enjoy that here- we don't have these in the east!

I kept cruisin' and made it the Santa Cruz mountains that run just south of San Francisco. I followed scenic highway 35 and stopped at a nature preserve for a short hike. Not even a half-mile down the trail I ran into some enormous douglas-fir trees. I could not even see their tops and as you can tell from the photo, their girth dwarfs the walking trail beside them.

This wonderful day of exploration ended with a sunset stop at San Gregorio beach, just south of Half Moon Bay. The coastline of northern California is really rugged.

I live here too...