Fort Point Below Golden Gate Bridge

Fort Point was in place prior to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the architect of the Golden Gate Bridge was suitably taken by Fort Point that he made a point of architecting the bridge so that Fort Point could be left entirely as is. Hence the arc structure in the bridge directly above Fort Point. You can find out more about the Fort Point national historic site here : http://www.nps.gov/fopo/. Note the ocean going ship (blue) about to cross under the bridge.

Bicycle Ride over the Golden Gate and back through the Presidio

February 6th 2008
My 14 hour flight was to depart from San Francisco's International Airport (SFO) at 10pm that night, so I wanted to do all I could to be good an exhausted by the time I got on that plane to enable me to sleep as much as possible. My plan worked quite well. While I didn't have a terribly restful sleep, and it was often interrupted, by the time we landed in Sydney, I was ready to take on the day in ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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