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This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Northern California 2016

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After our driving tour around San Francisco, and a brief stop back at our hotel for some rest, we headed back to the Pier 39 area for our Alcatraz tour. We booked the Alcatraz Island Night Tour.

Alcatraz Tour

We had reserved tickets for Alcatraz the moment they became available, about three months before our trip. And, it’s a good thing we did! Our tour was on July 7. When we arrived in that area, the first available tour for purchase onsite was August 15! Yikes!

Sign for next available tour at Alcatraz

We waited in a brief line to board the ferry, which departed right on time.

Alcatraz Ferry

 

Riding the Ferry outside to Alcatraz

The ferry ride was lovely and allowed for beautiful views both of San Francisco and, as we got closer, Alcatraz Island.

View of San Francisco from Alcatraz Ferry View of Alcatraz from the ferry View of Alcatraz from ferry View of Alcatraz from ferry

 

Alcatraz Island

Once we arrived on the island, a guide gave the tour group an overview of Alcatraz’s history.

Guide at Alcatraz Island

The guide had so many keys on her belt, I just had to take a picture!

Alcatraz guide keys

And, can we just say that I think Alcatraz totally wins at the hashtag game! #Cellfie

Cellfie hashtag at Alcatraz

After the tour guide’s brief introduction, we had to walk about 10–15 minutes on an upward sloping ramp to get to the prison structure entrance itself. There were signs warning people of the 0.25 mile uphill walk, and there was a very small tram to help individuals with mobility impairments.

Ramp at Alcatraz Alcatraz Ramp Walking up the ramps at Alcatraz

I didn’t mind the walk at all. The weather was gorgeous, and the old worn structures made for some great picture taking!

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The worn out prison building reminded me a lot of our tour at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia several years ago. (Which, we also highly recommend!)

 

Alcatraz Shower Room

We entered the building, where we waited in another brief line to pick up the audio tour headphones. The room used to serve as the prison’s intake facility, where prisoners would pick up their bedding, uniforms, and take a shower.

Line at shower room in Alcatraz

The even had items laid out so you can get an idea of how things would’ve looked for the prisoners.

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Alcatraz Audio Tour

Then, we donned our audio tour headphones and began the tour of the actual prison. I thought the audio tour was excellent, and I especially liked that the entire thing was self-paced. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Ken and I LOVE to take photographs, so sometimes we feel a bit rushed taking photos on an organized tour. Or, sometimes there are too many people around in the photos. But, on this tour, we could just stop and pause as many times as we wanted.

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There were a few spots where you had the opportunity to close the cell door behind you.

Melissa behind bars at Alcatraz Ken behind bars at Alcatraz

The tour took us to several wings of Alcatraz, including the former solitary confinement spot.

Solitary confinement rooms at Alcatraz Alcatraz solitary confinment cell

The audio tour described several prisoners’ efforts to escape from Alcatraz. There was even the scars of guns that had been fired inside Alcatraz to stop prisoners. The chips on the floor below were damage from bullets hitting the ground:

Alcatraz escape attempts

 

Alcatraz Administration Area

The tour continued, taking us to the administration wing of the building, which had photographs of former prison wardens, and statues wearing the old Alcatraz guard uniforms:

Administration building sign at Alcatraz Administration building interior at Alcatraz Administration building interior at Alcatraz Photographs of former Alcatraz Prison Wardens Alcatraz guard uniforms Alcatraz communications room

 

Alcatraz Recreation Yard and Views of San Francisco

The tour pointed out the famed prison Recreation Yard at Alcatraz. Apparently you used to be able to walk in it in the past, but now it’s crumbling, so it’s off limits to tourists.

Recreation yard at Alcatraz

Once again, we were able to get in some amazing photographs of San Francisco from Alcatraz’s exterior.

View of San Francisco from Alcatraz View of San Francisco from Alcatraz View of Golden Gate Bridge from Alcatraz

 

Hospital Building at Alcatraz

The night tour of Alcatraz includes a tour of the Hospital building and infirmary. It’s my understanding that not all tours go to this particular building. It was spooky!

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After the tour of the hospital building, we headed to the gift shop, bought some souvenirs, and then waited for one of the last ferries from Alcatraz Island to take us back to the city.

We were beat! It had been a long day of touring, and on the ferry ride back, we were even debating if we were awake enough to eat dinner. The decision? We’d order takeout to our hotel room.

 

 

Muir Woods

One of our other favorite stops on our San Francisco trip was Muir Woods National Monument. Ken had been there on a different trip to San Francisco many years before we even met, but this was my first time there!

Muir Woods National Monument sign

Muir Woods is home to old growth coast redwoods, and my god, they are ENORMOUS and gorgeous!

Thick redwood trees at Muir Woods

There are plenty of nice, smooth trails to enjoy the sights of the Redwoods. Which is good, considering I’m a clumsy fool, and I swear my legs were still killing me after our steep hike in Big Sur a few days earlier.

Muir Woods Redwoods Muir Woods Redwoods and Trails Muir Woods Muir Woods Muir Woods Muir Woods

The weather was perfect, and, although it was sunny, the huge redwoods provided plenty of shade.

Muir Woods Muir Woods Muir Woods

There were also harder trails that you could take. And, to be honest, you could probably spend several days at Muir Woods hiking the various trails.

Trail steps at Muir Woods

We took an Uber to Muir Woods from San Francisco, and interestingly enough, our first Uber driver rejected our trip after finding out how far he wanted us to go. (It’s about a 30 minute drive from San Francisco).

There was zero cell phone reception at Muir Woods, and therefore no opportunity to request an Uber to get back to the city. So, we took one of the Muir Woods shuttles to Sausalito. The wait for the shuttle was fairly significant, but it was our only option. (We didn’t see any taxis either). We figured we could get an Uber once we got to Sausalito.

Once in Sausalito, we walked around for a bit. (Forgive how dark these photos are. Our camera was on the wrong setting.) It was a really cute area!

Sausalito, California Sausalito, California Sausalito, California Sausalito, California

Afterwards, we ordered an Uber to take us back to our hotel in San Francisco. We rested for a while back at the hotel, before heading back out for some more touring around the city.



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  • San Francisco, Part 1 (A Vantigo City Tour)
  • San Francisco Touring, Part 2
  • San Francisco Touring, Part 3
  • United 777-300 Business Class Review SFO-IAD (Lay Flat Seats)

 

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