One of the sights you cannot avoid seeing from the shore in San Francisco is Alcatraz, the former federal penitentiary with a reputation for keeping the hardest criminals under lock and key. Ironically, the toughest jail to get out of is now the most difficult to get into. Although you can now visit the Rock by boat, the tours sell out several days in advance so we could not visit it ourselves. The nearest we got was on a seaplane tour of the San Francisco bay area - the photo shows it just off the nose of the Beaver aircraft we were flying in. After years of flying under the Golden Gate bridge on Microsoft Flight Simulator, I finally got the chance to fly over it for real. You get a great perspective on this beautiful city from 1,500 feet up!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Escape from Alcatraz...
One of the sights you cannot avoid seeing from the shore in San Francisco is Alcatraz, the former federal penitentiary with a reputation for keeping the hardest criminals under lock and key. Ironically, the toughest jail to get out of is now the most difficult to get into. Although you can now visit the Rock by boat, the tours sell out several days in advance so we could not visit it ourselves. The nearest we got was on a seaplane tour of the San Francisco bay area - the photo shows it just off the nose of the Beaver aircraft we were flying in. After years of flying under the Golden Gate bridge on Microsoft Flight Simulator, I finally got the chance to fly over it for real. You get a great perspective on this beautiful city from 1,500 feet up!
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If you get a chance while you are there, we can heartily recommend pudding and coffee at the "cheesecake factory" overlooking the main square in San Francisco. It's located on the roof of the Macy's building. Great views -- even better slices of cake! The burgers are monsters too!
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