Week 3 – Monday

Monday night.
Yesterday morning, we left Crescent City and headed south down the 101.
We decided not to bother with the “Mystery of Trees” forest walk, as we were informed that it required 90 mins plus currency. So, we hit the road again, and not long after, turned off the 101 onto this little side road and found some walking tracks and something called “big tree” which proved to be a remarkably accurate description…. and required no currency.
Later along the same road, we came across some wild elk grazing. Bit of a novelty for us.
We then got back on the 101, until we came to a turn off to a tourist attraction of a tree you could drive a car through!
Then, we followed that road to the coast and down through Fort Bragg, and eventually back onto the 101 and down into San Francisco.
Today (Monday), we went down and wandered around Fisherman’s Wharf, then did the tour across to Alcatraz. For anyone doing this in the future, the audio tour (which is included free with your tour ticket) is an absolute MUST! They give you an mp3 player and headphones, and it guides you through the whole facility, explaining what various parts of the buildings were used for, where certain prisoners were housed, how the breakouts were planned and executed, and so on. But what makes it so good is the quality of the audio production work. It’s outstanding. And well paced, too. You don’t feel rushed, nor does it drag. There’s good use of dialogue and sound fx, too.
Anyway, after we got back to SF, we hopped on a 1 hour narrated trolley car tour of the city. That was great, too!
After that, I left Cath and Max at the hotel while I went off to photograph the Golden Gate bridge.
Tonight, we went back down to Fisherman’s Wharf for dinner. We also watched this really talented street performer dude who paints these amazing landscapes using spray paints! Yep, in spray cans.
Now, to find a picture to post….
Cheers,
Bruce.