Blogs from California, United States, North America - page 1126

After a massive day one we are up a little later than were hoping for are rediscovering Chili in the one of the many 24hour dinners in San Francisco we headed out to Fishermans wharf to have a look around and check in for our prebooked trip out to ALCATRAZ "The Rock" We discovered some friends for Neil LOL!!! for those who know Neil SHOUTS OUT to him.. heading out on the ferry we had an amazing view of the the golden gate bridge and San Francisco city wer soaked up the atomosphere of it all anyone that has been overseas to another country will know what i mean by that!!! Alcatraz was one the most interesting places I have been looking around the norrow corridors and ultra small cells. This goal was in place purely ... read more

I spent several hours visiting Celebrity's cruise ship The Infinity yesterday. She was docked in the Port of San Diego. I found the day to be a success, due to picturesque setting of the San Diego Harbor, and the many features and amenitites that make up this upscale cruise ship. The "Infinity" is the second of Celebrity's ships I have done shipboard inspections on. I visited the Mercury while at a trade show last June in Seattle. The Mercury was built in 1997; the Infinity in 2001. She contains 1,059 total accommodations, which is a combination of 50 suites, 853 outside cabins (with balcony and without) and 206 inside staterooms. The Infinity offers a mixture of traditional assigned dining, alternative restaurants and one restaurant upgade for an additional price of $30 per person per meal. Reservations ... read more

The next morning after doing some much needed laundry we set off to San Fransisco, arriving around lunchtime. Our first real experience of crack addicts - which was truly disturbing. As we were quite early, the room at the hotel wasn't ready, so we parked the car in the hotel garage and went off in search of some action. We found it at Castro (the Gay district). There was a "Post Pride" festival on (what luck); food, music stalls and beer!! We stayed till it finished in the late afternoon, and a nice old fella called George helped us find the way home (because of the festival some of the tram stops were closed. Of course we bumped in to a "queen from Sydney" his own words (I think Ausies are other Ausie magnets)! And ... read more

So we drove on to Yosemite with a brief stop in a motel in Merced to give our backs a rest. We were told it would be impossible to get a space on a camp site but actually we had no trouble. We stayed here for a few days and went on a horse ride, hired bikes and did a couple of walks. The famous waterfalls weren't flowing but we saw lots of wildlife - a couple of different types of squirrel including small red stripey ones, a tarantula, lots of deer, a wolf ( we think ). On our last walk on which I left Sara for the bears half way up I saw a large Bob Cat which is a lot cuter than a mountain lion looking mostly like a super size moggy.... read more

Arr San Francisco. Fishermans Warf. Tram to Castro Street Fair. Walk/Subway/tram/walk back to motel. Pizza for dinner.... read more