Let’s do it live. I hope you brought you're A-Game today
because you’ll be out and about all day crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Be sure to start your day at 10am or even
sooner so that you can fit it all in.
For a full on SF experience, hop on the cable car at Powell Street and
ride it all the way to the end at Hyde Street.
Enjoy the trip over Russian Hill, and just imagine if you had to walk
it. Once on the other side, you’ll be at Fisherman’s Wharf, and you can head
over to Blazing Saddles to rent a few bikes.
Each bike will be about $50 to rent, which includes your ferry ticket
back from Sausalito, and they outfit you with some great mountain bikes with
nice tires and disc breaks.
^Fortunately, I had an awesome partner, Gabbi, to join me
for the ride. It was a long day, so get
ready for a workout.
The trip from Fisherman’s Wharf to Sausalito, which is your
destination on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge, is about 10
miles. The ride is absolutely gorgeous
and you’ll have plenty of opportunities to take pictures of Aquatic Park, FortMason, The Marina Green, Crissy Field, The Presidio, Fort Point (great view), and especially
the Golden Gate Bridge! You’ll be hungry
by the time you reach Sausalito, so you can either check out some restaurants
in the town area, or keep riding a few miles to Fish. Unfortunately for us, they were remodeling
when we went out there so we didn’t get a chance to try it! If you get around to trying it, shoot me a
message and let me know how it went. Instead,
we ate at Sausalito Seahorse where we ordered a bunch of Mediterranean food,
which was tasty indeed.
^San Fran's version of Muscle Beach near the Marina Green.
Walk off your food coma around the Marina, and hop back on
your bike! It is probably approaching mid-afternoon so you can go back to
Sausalito to shop for a while or head to the Blue and Gold Ferry. The ferry ride is pretty spectacular, which
starts with the sound of harbor seals as you’re boarding ship. We passed Alcatraz and saw a giant container
ship, which are a lot larger than you think when you see it up close and
personal. Also, a word of advice would
be to keep an eye on your bike! Everyone
riding the ferry back has rented a bike from the same place, and they all look
the same stacked in the center of the boat.
Someone almost walked off with mine, and you wouldn’t be happy about paying
for the bike.
^The iconic Blue and Gold Ferry.
As you disembark, look out for the “fun police.” I got back
on my bike after getting off the ferry; rode off a curb, and a guy jumped out
in front of me, and said, “Stop! I’m going to have to give you a ticket now!”
My heart sank, and I responded, “Why? What are you talking about?” And he told
me, “I’m with the fun police, and you’re not having enough fun.” So I started
grinning and he knew he had me, so he rattled off a few more lines of his
patter and claimed that he was raising money for a soup kitchen. So I gave him a few bucks and mentioned it to
the guy I had met at Blazing Saddles and he told me, “It’s questionable how
much goes to the soup kitchen and how much goes into their pocket.” Beware!
After returning your bike, you can finish your day off with
an Irish coffee at Buena Vista Café. You
may want to leave a few extra minutes for traveling back on the cable car. I’m not sure if something was running slowly
that day, but we waited about an hour and a half for the cable car at Hyde
Street to take us back to Powell Street.
As if my body hadn’t had enough for the day, I rode on the outside of
the cable car standing, which wouldn’t have been so bad had it not been for the
January SF wind.
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