Before I start, I have to say I'm playing catch up with the blog, partly because there has been so much to cram in to the time we have but also due to a lack of free wifi in San Francisco and no service in Yosemite whatsoever, so for anyone who doesn't see Facebook, we are actually in San Diego already about to embark on our last 2 days in California, but I have yet to update on San Fran and Yosemite. But for now, let the catch up begin!
After a fairly decent drive up the coast in yet more fog and with a brief detour to the small historic and quite picturesque town of Pescadero, we arrived in the sunshine of outer San Francisco. Garmin kindly helped us to our Fisherman's Wharf hotel which we were pleased with, although less pleased with the $44 a night parking charge! It was later in the day by the time we arrived so we headed for the laundry up the road to do our washing, luckily there was a cafe opposite so we had a refreshment while waiting for the laundry to dry! At dinner time we wandered around the wharf where there were plenty of choices of restaurant, all catering to the tourists but we were lucky with the choice we made, the chowder was delicious so a good start to a great meal.
The following day, we took a boat trip out of the wharf along the coast and under the Golden Gate Bridge, then around Alcatraz for a good look at the island, although we didn't stop on the island itself, then after a spot of lunch at the most fabulous crab restaurant, we walked The Embarcadero admiring the sights.
We saw quite a lot of the city while we were there and managed to get some good photos, so I will let the photos do the talking but we particularly enjoyed the sights of the Golden Gate Park although didn't managed to get a glimpse of the herd of buffalo in residence! Bizarre but true apparently! We also arrived at the Science museum in time to see a presentation in the plaetarium which was really very interesting!
Having heard nothing but US accents and Mexican Spanish up the coast, we suddenly found a large number or british tourists, but I'm not complaining!
On Saturday 11th we left San Francisco for the three and a half hour drive to El Portal at the gateway to Yosemite. Our route took us over the Bay Bridge towards Oakland and trusty Garmin did direct us which highway we needed and whether to keep left or right but with so many lanes and so many choices, inevitably we were in the wrong lane. We ended up heading north instead of south and immediately Garmin got her knickers in a twist and started saying 'recalculating' over and over! Easily enough we did as we were told and turned round and set off leaving the Bay Bridge and San Francisco behind!
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