Day 5 - San Francisco, CA
We had to be up very early today as the border agents were coming on board to do a passport check. Our time was 7 AM so just before that we headed down and the line was pretty much the length of the entire ship. I was worried about how long it was going to take, but it actually went by really quickly. You just walk in, hand them the passport, they look at you, and then send you on your way. We then went to breakfast and got off of the ship. We had a 9 AM excursion booked through Princess. It was super easy to find them as you exit into a large building that actually looks like a barn and the buses come right inside there.
We were off on a trip to Muir Woods National Monument and Sausalito. There were about 40 people on our bus and we had the most amazing tour guide.
We made our way out of the city and he was telling us all kinds of stories about the different areas we were going through and all kinds of history. San Francisco has some of the best architecture.
We made our way through the city making our way towards the Golden Gate Bridge.
At this point, we were supposed to make a stop at the top of the bridge to get photos, but the area was closed since they were holding a marathon.
So we continued on our way to Mary Woods. The road winds up through the hills and due to the size of our bus we couldn’t take the main road and we had to take an alternate. It was still a little freaky for me, I’m not great with heights, and our tour guide kept saying “oops”. Finally, I may have said “the oops are not helping”.
We finally arrived and the crazy drive was well worth it. We were given 1 1/2 hours to explore. There are a number of walks/hikes that you can take and they all have various bridges you can use to turn around on depending on how long you want the walk to be.
B and I walk together for the first little bit and then she walked back to the visitor centre, and I kept going on my own.
It is one of the most majestic places I have ever visited, I was in awe the whole time.
I went about as far as I could along the path, keeping in mind how much time I would have to get back to the bus and I wanted to take a peek in the shop. I took a ton of photos and I could’ve stayed all day.
We all got back on the bus and made our way to our next stop.
To be continued…