[dropcap custom_class=”whb”]Today we had a tour scheduled to go to Muir Woods and Sausalito. We were scheduled to be picked up at our hotel at 8:20 this morning. The bus picked us up and took us to the office where we got on a larger bus to begin our tour. Muir Woods is about 17 miles north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. Once you cross the bridge you go on a narrow twisting road to get to Muir Woods. Once we arrived we were given 1 hour and 20 minutes to walk around. Jay and I made a 2 mile round trip. Muir Woods is where the giant Redwoods are located. Redwoods are taller that the Sequoia but not as big in diameter.
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After Muir Woods the tour headed into Sausalito. We stopped there for 1 hour. That gave us just enough time to eat. Jay had a chicken sandwich and I had a hamburger in a lettuce wrap. Next the tour headed back to San Francisco. we went back to our hotel to rest for a minute.
I decided that we should go to Lombard Street. Lombard Street is the crookedest street in the world. Originally it was was a straight street up the hill, but in the old days the horses would have to pull their buggies up the hill. Sometimes the horses would falter and fall down the hill and this would pu;; the buggies and the passengers down the hill also. Sometimes the passengers were killed or injured. They then decided to make the road crooked to make the horses slow down and make the road safer.
I knew one of the cable cars stopped at the top of the hill, so we decided to ride the cable car to Lombard Street. There is a cable car stop a few blocks from our hotel up a steep hill. We walked up it and waited for the cable car. The first two that passed did not stop because they were full. We got on the third car. Unfortunately it was not the one that stopped at the top of Lombard Street. We had to walk a couple of blocks to Lombard street and then we were at the very bottom. We had to climb a very steep hill just to get to the bottom of the crooked part of the street. After taking pictures there, we decided to take the steps up to the top of Lombard Street. Again, another steep climb. At the top there were policeman directing traffic that was lined up just waiting to be able to drive down the street.
[dropcap custom_class=”whb”]After taking some more pictures, we walked back down the steps to get to the bottom. I then decided I wanted to walk down to the wharf and get some ice cream. we found a Cold Stone Creamery. Jay just wanted the French Vanilla in a cup, but I opted for the Chocolate Devotion. It was chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips, brownies and chocolae sauce. It was so delicious.
To get back to our hotel, I decided we would try riding the city bus. I had downloaded the city bus schedules to my cell phone, so I knew which bus we needed to get on. Our CityPasses allows us to ride on the city buses as well as the cable cars. The app shows all the stops for the route we had shown on a map and it also shows where the bus is on the route. This allowed me to follow our progress and know when to get off the bus. The bus got real crowded. The bus driver also yelled a lot. We were able to get off at the correct stop.
We then caught a bus back to our hotel. Jay and I are getting pretty good at this bus riding, but tomorrow will be the true test when we ride to several different places in the city
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