Alcatraz

Here is the welcome room of Alcatraz...The communal showers.

North side

South side

If you're going to San Francisco

Be sure to rent some bikes and go for a ride over the Golden Gate Bridge!

We did the ride from Fisherman's Wharf to Sausalito which was fun apart from the crazy pedestrians on the bridge. Also the ferry back made no sense. We had to put out bikes on the lower deck and then to get off we had to carry then up the stairs onto the upper deck before we could leave. Craziness.

Bigfoot

I thought this looked like the place of the famous Bigfoot sighting. Not sure if it is but alas, he wasn't there.

More stuff from Yosemite

Here's a big waterfall.

Barry on his bike

Alcatraz

We went on the tour of Alcatraz prison this evening. The tour was amazing, we saw the cells where three prisoners dug their way out with spoons, Al Capone's residence and the hospital wing where The Birdman of Alcatraz - Robert Stoud - stayed. The nighttime tour was extraordinary, you get to see loads more information than the day tour plus it's a little extra spooky, especially when they tell you about the bad men that were inmates there. Earlier today we hired bikes and cycled over the Golden Gate Bridge. Only one more full day of our Treasuremoon left so ciao for now! E x

Grizzly Giant

Yosemite bears all

Yes that's right folks, we saw a black bear in its natural habitat today.
We had just been to Glacier Point - a spectacular viewing spot overlooking a quarter of Yosemite - and on the way back traffic pandemonium unfolded in front of us. On a tiny, narrow mountain road, cars were double parking and people were leaning out of windows trying to get a glimpse of the bear which was quietly searching for food. Barry pulled over and I leapt out of the car before it had even stopped to get a couple of pictures. I have only go them on our super swish new camera and not my mobile so can't upload them until we get back. Earlier in the day we went to see Giant Sequoia trees, the one pictured is called Grizzly Giant and is taller than a Boeing 747, is 29ft in diameter and is more than 1,800-years-old. Bye for now! E x