Today was a gorgeous and fun filled first day in San Francisco. Firstly, I apologize for missing a post on Saturday but for the most part it consisted of me waking up at 4:45am and being rewarded with a nice Chelsea win, getting into San Francisco, walking to our hotel and resting for the remainder of the day.
Our day started with a beautiful (but hilly) 25 mile bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge and into the coastal town of Sausalito. Now I had never heard of Sausalito before today but I have no idea why not because it is a gorgeous and wonderful looking small coastal town that is only a quick car ride from downtown San Francisco. It could have just been the weather and the bike ride that made this town look so great, but it looked like the perfect coastal town.
That evening the group went on a night tour of Alcatraz. Firstly, the ferry ride out to the island was very cool in that we got to take the ferry all the way around the island before entering (which is exclusive to the night tour) and it was really cool to see the whole island from the outside. Also the sun was going down as we were there so we got to see some really beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the city at sunset. I had never seen Alcatraz before but it was really interesting to see one of the most famous prisons in history. Some highlights were the solitary confinement cells (very scary looking) and the "Sound of the Slammer" demonstration where they showed us the shutting and opening of the cell doors which was a really haunting sound. All in all the tour was very interesting and informative.
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