San Francisco Souveniers

For a little respite from camping & driving, we've been hiding out in the hills between San Francisco and the ocean at Marin Headlands Hostel in Golden Gate National Recreation Area for a couple days. It was our first hostel experience & we were quite impressed!

The hostel is an old army house with high ceilings, a huge kitchen, bunk beds & a massive living room space, all the fog one would expect near San Francisco & really cool people passing through.

The hostel tucked away in trees and fog.

Betsy making the most AMAZING pancakes ever ... they have chocolate chips in 'em.

Part of the reason the hostel was so great: environmental ethic!

We decided 2 days would be sufficient in the area. One day for the city and one (today - as soon as we leave the library in Sausalito where there's free interweb) for hiking around the park, seeing the ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge from underneath and camping on the point.

Day 1 - we took the ferry to the city which awarded great pics of the cityscape & the Golden Gate Bridge. In San Francisco, we hit some of the major hot spots: Market Street, Golden Gate Park, the trolly, Haight-Ashbury ... Enjoy!

Lots of recreation in the bay :)

Apparently it's tough to get any view of the Golden Gate Bridge - especially in the morning, but we were treated to this view from the ferry.
Redwoods in Golden Gate Park ... SO big!

Riding the trolley the right way - hanging off the side!

From the trolley down California Ave.

Riding the trolley ...

This is Madeline. Madeline is a tattoo artist. We hung out with her in Haight-Ashbury for a couple hours & had a grand ole' time!

Leaving San Francisco (single tear) ...

Ouchy! Wonder what's under those bandages ...?


To end our evening, the moon made a special appearance over the city from Sausalito. How beautiful!

Tomorrow we're off to Sequoia/Kings Canyon & then to Yosemite and Death Valley. Stay tuned!