We had better views of the Golden Gate bridge in the daylight, so it was good to see the famous landmark as we were leaving town.

California wine country is neat – a lot of vineyards. Unfortunately, we got a late start today because One, Two, and Pi visited a local vet to get health certificates (requirement to cross the Canadian border – only good for 10 days). So, by the time we got to the vineyards (SF traffic isn’t the greatest), they were all closed for tastings.

Fortunately for you, we didn’t take any pictures of our campsite near Redwood. If you really want to know what it is like, I’m sure we will be in “Deliverance II – the escape” as the couple who barely made it out alive. Let’s just say that when we arrived (10 PM) until we went to bed (1:00 AM), we were trying to find working power for our heater and someone was using a tile-saw to work on the showers that we couldn’t use.

All Day 8 pics

Driving from Yosemite through California toward San Francisco, our journey was delayed slightly by a large herd of cattle being shoveled across the road by real-life cowboys (and cowgirls). It was the strangest thing – we were driving along the highway and all of a sudden a cowgirl is flagging us down telling us to stop. They finish moving the cows across the road and we continue to San Francisco.

We went downtown for a lovely dinner with an overlook of the Bay. We ate at Alito’s, where we enjoyed Sicilian-style seafood dishes and delicious bread. Some boisterous Sicilian family arrived toward the end of our meal; we had fun watching them yell and curse at each other in that affectionate Sicilian way.

After a visit to Ghirardelli square to procure some chocolate, we took quite a few pictures of Alcatraz Island (left) and the Golden Gate bridge (right). After a quick swim out to Alcatraz and back, we returned to our car for our trip back to our lovely RV park in Pacifica.

All pics from Day 7