October 5

Yesterday we had another bus trip to San Francisco, to see all the sights in this big town.

 Our first stop was at the Golden Gate Bridge visitors center to pick up the guide for the tour today.

 It is amazing they call this red bridge the Golden Gate Bridge.

 This is the only cemetery in San Francisco, and it is a National one too.

 Tried to get a picture of this ship when we came into town yesterday but missed it.

 Our next stop was a ride on the Cable Car.

 Here we are all loaded on and getting ready to leave the station.

 Here are a few pictures of our trip on the cable car

 This was our driver, I asked him about the smell of wood burning after a trip down a hill.  He said they replace the wood brakes about every 7 day and his statement to us is that it might be day 6 today!!!!

 Going up hill no problem with the brakes here.

OK burning wood again, but no smoke yet!!!!
After our trip on the Cable car we loade the bus for a short trip to ______

 Can you guess where we are now? It is one of the biggest community in San Francisco.

 Yes we are in China Town!!!  It is amazing how many people live in this town!!!!

 Our next stop is down a ally that was a little weird.

 But their was a reason, we went to the Fortune Cookie Factory, the cookies were good.  After our visit we headed out for lunch on our own it was amazing how many differnet place there was to eat.

 After lunch we loaded the bus and drove about 10 blocks and was in little Italy.

 Cyndy said we should of came up here to eat.

 Oakland bridge.

 Now I know why I don't live here, their are way to many houses and they are really close together.

 After our visit we headed to Lands Ends Lookout, for the view plus the ice cream sandwich which are very popular here for having a oatmeal cookie with ice cream and a nice layer of chocolate.  .

Our next to last stop was Fort Point National Historic Site.

This is right at the base of Golden Gate Bridge.

As we were heading back to the campground and driving across the bridge we spotted this navel ship leaving the bay.  From what some of our guest siad it was the New Yoirk and it was build from the metal of the World Trade Center.  I am have no ship knowledge so have to go with the group.

 This morning we put on a pancake breakfast for the guest and these are called Rope Square Pancakes. ANd everyone thought they were pretty good.

 After eating it was a free day for them and they all went out exploring or getting things down like grocery shopping, or washing cloths.

What a great way to start the day with a pancake with syrup in the batter and a piece of bacon on it.