USA 2000

Day 3 - Thursday 16 November - San Francisco

San Francisco Cable Cars

Early Thursday morning I caught a cable car down the hill. The cable cars were being rennovated when I went to San Francisco with my family in 1983, so had been wanting to catch one ever since. The cable cars only go one way so when they get to the end of the line the driver and conducter get out and turn the thing around!

Cable car in San Francisco<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.78542,-122.40782" target="_new">Powell Street</a>

Looking north up Powell Street<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.78542,-122.40782" target="_new">Powell Street</a>

Turning the Cable Cars at the end of the line. The cable cars only go one way, so they have to be turned manually at the end of their runs<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.78488,-122.40776" target="_new">Powell Street</a>

San Francisco Drive Around

Pete and I hired a car and our first stop was Lombard St - the crookedest street in the world (supposedly), then stopped by Coit Tower lookout to take some photos

Lombard St. The crookedest street in the world! (supposedly)<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80226,-122.41786" target="_new">Lombard St</a>

Lombard St<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80226,-122.41786" target="_new">Lombard St</a>

Looking east down Lombard St<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80226,-122.41786" target="_new">Lombard St</a>

Golden Gate Bridge from Coit Tower lookout. They were doing all this construction work at Coit Tower, plus I didn't have enough cash on me to go up the tower, so just took a couple of pictures from the base<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80291,-122.40601" target="_new">Coit Tower car park</a>

Alcatraz from Coit Tower lookout<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80291,-122.40601" target="_new">Coit Tower car park</a>

City from Coit Tower lookout<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80291,-122.40601" target="_new">Coit Tower car park</a>

When we picked up our hire car it was only half full of petrol!!<br>Location: Near Hire Car location

Wine Country Drive Around

Headed north over the Golden Gate Bridge to the wine country. We didn't quite make it to Napa Valley - went to Sonoma Valley instead. Did some wine (and dip and spread) tasting - yum!

Golden Gate Bridge from our car<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80946,-122.47724" target="_new">Golden Gate Bridge</a>

Golden Gate Bridge from our car<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.81157,-122.47754" target="_new">Golden Gate Bridge</a>

Golden Gate Bridge from our car<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.8155,-122.47801" target="_new">Golden Gate Bridge</a>

Golden Gate Bridge from our car<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.82274,-122.47878" target="_new">Golden Gate Bridge</a>

Golden Gate Bridge from our car<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.82507,-122.47915" target="_new">Golden Gate Bridge</a>

Viansa Winery, Sonoma Valley<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.20815,-122.45191" target="_new">Viansa Winery, Sonoma Valley</a>

Wine Country road<br>Location: Sonoma Valley

Wine Country road. The drive we had in the country was good, but most of the vines had lost all their leaves for winter and the countryside was very brown and not overly pretty<br>Location: Sonoma Valley

Todd Sinclair

I met Todd on IRC in 1995, finally met him in real life