Journal 4 - San Francisco

2008-06-29 23:32:40

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2008.04.23. We left Death Valley heading to San Francisco. The road out of Death Valley we took was highway #190 west. It will connect to 395. I won’t recommend this road if you don’t want to drive on the mountain road. The road was sneaking in the mountain up and down causing too much stress to drive.

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Before getting onto highway 395, there was the snow-covered mountain Sierra. The landscape also changed total differently than Death Valley.

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We took 178 to #5. It was another hard mountain road again. But it was very nice to see the green valley.

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Diving whole night with a few stops, we arrived at Golden Gate Bridge, the symbol of San Francisco, in the early morning before the sun-rise. Getting ready for picturing the classical scene of the city.

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San Francisco from distance.

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The bridge in the sunrise.

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Tour in the park north of bridge.

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Light house.

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The road to the light house was closed on that day. The light house was behind this rock.

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Another look of the bridge form another angle.

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Mounted the manual telephoto lens, shooting the sea-players.

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Fisherman’s wharf. You would have to walk to the booth to have some fresh craps.

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If you want to take the ferry to see the Alcatraz Island, you will have to book it before hand. When we got there the ticket had been sold out 2 weeks ago. We then took our time to walk in the steet.