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Leg 7 - San Francisco
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Day 34 - Saturday 22 January 2000
Leg 7 really started yesterday when we left Portland on the Amtrak ‘Coast Starlight’ at 2:33pm but we have spent the night on the train working our way down the west coast toward San Francisco.
San Francisco is the number 1 destination in the USA with around 26 million visitors every year. On our tour bus we see the 43 hills making up the city and streets where most of the car chases are filmed for various television series and movies.
When John Muir learned that William and Elizabeth Kent were naming a redwood forest near San Francisco in his honor, he declared, "This is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world." The couple had purchased the land to preserve its beauty and restful wilderness; and in 1908, they donated it to the federal governent to protect it from destruction. This rare site of virgin California Coastal redwood forest, contains of some of the oldest and tallest living things on earth. Take the opportunity to roam through an ancient forest of giant redwood trees
Day 35 - Sunday 23 January 2000
Today we have booked two site seeing tours, the first at 8:30am for the city sites and the second to Alcatraz at 2:15pm. Dwayne our tour bus driver is such a character with his knowledge, wit and sense of humour as today it’s raining, got to keep the tourists happy. Rain typically falls for the three months of December, January and February and that is about it so no one is complaining.
Next stop is Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores established in 1776 and still operates from the original adobe structure with its 4 feet thick walls and redwood logs supporting the roof. It is oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions. Attached to the mission is the Basilica Parish of Mission Dolores reflects the incredible diversity and vibrancy of modern San Francisco. Located at the crossroads of the City's Mission District, Castro District, the Lower Haight, Noe Valley, and Upper Market Street neighbourhoods, Mission Dolores parishioners come from an enormous array of cultures, places, and backgrounds to worship together.
The history of Alcatraz dates back to 1776 (not long after Australia was discovered) when Ohlone and Mivok Indians visited the bare island before the Spanish, the Mexicans and then the Yankees took it over. It was first used as a military strategy, then a military prison in 1859 and then for conscious objectors during World War I. In 1934 it became a federal penitentiary and some 1545 men did time on the island but only a few could be classified as notorious. Among them were Al ‘Scarface’ Capone, ‘Doe’ Baker, Alvin ‘Creepy’ Karpis, George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, Floyd Hamilton and Robert Stroud the ‘Birdman of Alcatraz’.
Day 36 - Monday 24 January 2000
The driving force behind the San Francisco cable car system came from a man who witnessed a horrible accident on a typically damp summer day in 1869. Andrew Smith Hallidie saw the toll slippery grades could extract when a horse- drawn streetcar slid backwards under its heavy load.
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USS Pampanito SS383 built in 1943 and made 6 patrols in the Pacific Ocean with a record of 6 ships sunk, 4 damaged and 73 allied POWs rescued. The boat is now maintained by the National Maritime Museum and is well worth going onboard for a visit.
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A food lover's haven, Fisherman's Wharf boasts some of the best dining in the world. Salivate over fresh Dungeness crab served steaming hote at outdoor stands or in a variety of gourmet recipes at the Wharf’s many seafood restaurants.