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The Beat Goes On
... Muir.
Once inside the woods, it was dank and cool, but the trees are amazingly tall and straight. The other vegetation was great to see – especially the mosses and lichens growing all the trees. There was a stream running through and it was absolutely beautiful throughout. All too soon, it was time to leave and we de our way to the pretty little seaside town of Sausilito. This is a quaint village with a number of art galleries, exclusive boutiques, ...
Into the Woods
... do them justice. They're just so beautiful We headed to Stinson Beach, a few miles north on Highway 1, for a bit of lunch. After a picnic in the park, we headed down onto the sand, but it's not swimming weather and Phoebe was worried about crabs biting her toes, so the stop became a pitstop, and we headed back down the coast towards the hostel. This stretch of Highway 1 is just amazing. Very much like the Great Ocean Road, the thin highway hugs the cliff as it snakes around ...
Across the Golden Gate
... she said. Of course, then we had to explain about Engadine being our suburb, blah, blah, blah... Lesson learned - teach children to answer "Australia" when asked of their point of origin... After a smoothie and icecream, we boarded the ferry with our bikes for the trip back to the main Ferry Building in San Francisco. We slowed down as we passed Alcatraz and we got the closest look we'll get to the famous island (this trip, anyway). Back on land, we biked back around ...
Sausalito
... that the coastlines on that stretch of the Pacific Ocean are unbelievable, but all i saw were little lol waves crashing against little lol rocks and 'cliff' faces...I'll just go ahead and put 'coastlines' on the list of things Aussies shouldn't think they'll be impressed by (the only other thing on that list is beaches) i did see seals sunning themselves, and ate a great piece of olaliberry (sp?) pie but they were not worth the 12 endless hours ...
Day 10
... and walls. Patrick opted for cable car pancakes with bacon eggs and toast, while I had a tall stack of pancakes with strawberries yummm.
After breakfast we took a cab to Pier 33 a we were spending the morning visiting Alcatraz. The tickets had been booked over a month in advance so we picked them up and joined the 11.30 ferry line. The ferry was only a 15 min journey but we got great views looking back at the city and ...