The Streets of San Francisco

We just finished a long day sightseeing in San Francisco. The day started early with breakfast and a quick swim in the cool (and oddly salty) indoor pool. We hopped in the van for the short ride downtown. Traffic wasn't bad and we made it to our first stop pretty quick. We parked the van near Haight/Ashbury and walked around for an hour or so. John shopped at Amoeba Records and then took a bunch of pictures of the neighborhood. We checked out a few odd stores and then headed for Fisherman's Wharf. The Wharf was packed with tourists, street performers, and loads of strange people. There were jazz guitarists, steel drummers, guys painted silver, guys painted gold, a guy playing drums on buckets, painters, jewelry makers, piano players, a giant skeleton guy, homeless people, people selling seafood, tour groups, and a million other freaks. That's our kind of town! We had fish and chips for lunch and ice cream for dessert before checking out the sea lions at Pier 39. Very cool. They boys picked out a couple souvenirs and we were on our way. On our way back to the motel we drove down twisty Lombard Street and through Chinatown. Back at the motel it's laundry, dinner and early to bed. We make the turn towards home tomorrow...