Tourist Day in San Fran!

The second day we were in San Fran before we hung out with Alyse, we decided to do the tourist thing and see Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz. Ryan was in love with Alcatraz, in fact we left the city on the ferry to the island at 10am and didn't get back til after 2, so you can just imagine what kind of antics we got into on the Rock for 4 hours.

We exited off the ferry onto the Rock where we were greeted by the Ranger. She told us a little bit about the Rock and where to start the tour. But we were intrigued by the free live tour called "Escapes". It was led by this retired FBI agent, who knew all about the awesome escapes from Alcatraz. He started to get a bit off course, as old people can do, but while others left the tour, we were fully engaged and stayed along for the escape ride. Turns out, it's a good thing we did, because the guy (Tom Clark, Ryan loved that they shared the same last name, both Irishmen, go figure!) took us behind this locked area where the laundry room is where Al Capone took care of all the Military's clothing. It was so cool to be back there. We had to walk through this underground tunnel to get there. I mean, this is the kind of thing, you don;t get to see in the paid for audio tour. It was just Ryan, me and this family of four from Boston. It was so cool! Like our own private, backdoor tour!

After our awesome Alcatraz experience, we checked out Fisherman's Wharf and saw the sea lions. Unfortunately, there were not that many out that day since it was warm and they all were enjoying the water I guess. We headed back to our RV that day across from Candlestick Park and got geared up for Alyse to visit.