August 31, 2011

DAY #2

I picked up Marie and Kelsey at their hotel. They had already eaten breakfast.

We drove to the Golden Gate Bridge. I parked the car on the San Francisco side of the bridge, helped get the wheelchair onto the bridge, then returned to the car and drove to the Marin side. I started walking back and met Marie and Kelsey halfway. It was great fun, but it was a little windy and almost 2 miles from end to end. We were glad we did not have to do the return trip!

Here's a photo of Marie and Kelsey on the bridge, taken at the start of the trip.

We then drove to the Marin Headlands for a view of San Francisco.

Here are Marie and Kelsey with the bridge in the background.

Kelsey wanted to ride a cable car, so we drove to the California cable car line. I dropped them off near California and Van Ness and parked the car. Then we all hopped on board.

Here is a photo of Marie and Kelsey enjoying the cable car ride.

We rode the cable car to the end of the line and walked to the Ferry Building where we had a bowl of clam chowder and some questionable fish tacos before heading back via the cable car again.

Here is a photo taken in front of the Ferry Building.

It was a fairly clear day, so we drove to Twin Peaks to see the view from there. It was cold and windy so we did not stay for very long. But we did get one picture of Kelsey freezing in the wind.

We had some time for a short late lunch and went to Mel's Diner on Geary Blvd. where we sat at the counter and played old 60's and 70's songs on the jukebox.

It was a busy day and I had chorus rehearsal that night, so we returned to the hotel in the late afternoon.