Thursday, July 31, 2014

California 2014 Day 7

Google Campus Mountain View

Electric car parking lot at Google campus

Stanford University campus, Palo Alto












Heading north to San Francisco .... and a wall of cloud

Aka fog...


First view of the Golden Gate Bridge


Line up to cross the Golden Gate Bridge - behind Reyes Plumbing ... is he Lost?







Hey, it's sunny over here - Vista Point


Wall of cloud over San Francisco

The sign was a greater source of amusement than the view for some ....

Especially this one....





Telephoto lens...

View from Sausalito...

First steep hill...


A few snacks in hand and back to the rented car...

Back on the bridge and into the fog...

Expedition to a place of interest but nothing found...


 The Bay Bridge from The Embarcadero

Transamerica Pyramid

Our hotel - expensive but worth it ...
Radisson Hotel Fisherman's Wharf

View from our room

We could even see Alcatraz!

Tourists at rest



The year of Guardians of the Galaxy


Fantastic trees in San Francisco

Fantastic vernacular architecture


Crazy steep hill - Divisadero and Vallejo


The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square - downtown obscured by the fog...


The Painted Ladies are not the only fancy Victorian homes on Alamo Square...





View down Fulton Street to City Hall



Lombard Street



Heading back to the hotel