Day 15 & 16 - San Francisco, CA

After a long drive (south) through all of Oregon and most of Northern California, we finally arrived in San Francisco via the Bay Bridge late Monday night. I crashed early as I was nursing some cold symptoms, while the boys wandered into the Tenderloin. To quote comedian Dave Chappelle (who has been a staple in our daily entertainment repertoire), "there is nothing tender about it", and "we've never seen crack smoked so casually."


In the morning, we drove to San Francisco's most famous landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. Did you know? The bridge is constantly maintained (possibly on a daily basis) to preserve its copper-hued color known as International Orange. On windy days, the bridge can sway up to 27 feet from side-to-side. Luckily, we had great clear weather which afforded us the opportunity to see the coast and Alcatraz in the near distance.

Does anyone recognize the houses from the second picture? If you said the opening scene from Full House, you are absolutely correct. Your prize is in the mail. Our Roadtripping USA guidebook did not have an exact address, but with little research, we discovered that the houses lay somewhere on Steiner Street. So we drove through, and lo and behold, we eventually saw several groups of people taking pictures of a row of Painted Ladies, which is what the style of house is known as (props to Lana R. for pointing this out). Sure enough, we had found them.

These excursions had worked up an appetite, so on our way to lunch, we drove through The Castro, to see what all the fuss was about. Maybe it was a quiet day but it just seemed like a (tolerant) normal neighborhood. For lunch, we headed over to Taqueria Cancun in Mission to satiate our Mexican-food cravings. The burritos were delicious, albeit, probably unhealthy, but you only live once!

Lastly, we ventured off to Fisherman's Wharf to explore the touristy pier. Hustlers were on the prowl as we were asked for money from several people. They were not performing, doing magic tricks, or making believe they were homeless, they were just plain out asking for money. At least they get creative in NYC!