6/18/09 tour of san francisco bay

i wanted to take the kids out fishing this week, but the winds were just howling inshore.  there was no way this was going to happen.  still, they're all stuck indoors, on summer vacation, bored out of there minds, and hiding from the parents because all we do me make them fold laundry.  well, the san francisco bay was still an option.  my nephew, richard, was visiting so dragged him along to be deckhand and launched out of the oyster point marina in south san francisco.



meet rakka, crystal, eileen, allison and christina!



i wish we had weather and seas like this OUTSIDE of the bay as well as inside.



we ran north along the old waterfront until we got to pacbell stadium, home of the san francisco giants.  this is the view of the park from mccovey cove.  i'm not much of a professional sports fan.  i've been to one san jose sharks game probably 5 years ago, one san francisco giants game 20 years ago, and have still never been to a san francisco fourty niners game ever.





here's the bay bridge, running east and west between san francisco and oakland, with a view of downtown san francisco.





here's the golden gate bridge.  it was way too rough and too foggy to take the kids out under the gate.





from the golden gate bridge, it was a short hop over to angel island.  for $10, you can tie up all day and hike around the island, but we only stayed for an hour before the winds started kicking up.













our last stop was alcatraz.  the winds were 15 knots and the kids were getting a little wet, so we made one loop around island and headed home.





the kids wanted to fish so we trolled for halibut for 20 minutes and called it a day. 





even though it wasn't a fishing trip, it was still nice go get out on the water.  hope you enjoyed the tour.  alan

Allan,

Thanks for the photo tour and letting us be a part of your day!!

Did you buy a kayak yet????

Rich

wow what a great way to spend time with the kids, looks like you hit about every site to see, cameron

Great tour, Alan. Looks like the kids enjoyed it. Thanks for posting. 

Nice tour Alan with terrific photos.  Good on you for spicing up their summer.  Your children's friends don't know how lucky they are!

Did you buy a kayak yet????

I was over his place last week and saw an OK hanging from his rafters - he definitely has one, I just don't know the last time it saw water.

We're gonna have to get you out to a ballgame at Pac Bell.

Thanks for taking care of my reels!  Look forward to your Santa Cruz derby report.

Michael

Very nice. Thanks for the report.

Al

Nice tour Alan with terrific photos.  Good on you for spicing up their summer.  Your children's friends don't know how lucky they are!

Did you buy a kayak yet????

We're gonna have to get you out to a ballgame at Pac Bell.

Michael

do you guys fish while waiting for home runs?

do you guys fish while waiting for home runs?

Great question.  I've only been in the cove once, for the 2007 All-Star Home Run derby and there were litterally thousands of people.  I have thought about doing a day game and hanging a rod over the side but I'm not sure of the rules and regs so I'd need to check that out.

BTW, I just meant to get him into a game to see the new facilities.

Michael