San Francisco is interesting. We cable carred (sorry) over to Fisherman's wharf. There were interesting things: a submarine docked there, an odd carnival booth museum, lots of food places and tons of tourists. The cable car ride is not as much fun as you might think because you can't see very well from anywhere in the car. There are trolleys running all around, vintage trolley cars from other cities. They say what city they are from--Philadelphia for example--and the date the car was used there, say 1948. The cable car line is interesting with all sorts of oddities, like stopping in the middle of the street to let people off. Cable cars have the right of way in some places and just cruise through intersections. At the end of the line the car drives onto a giant lazy susan and is manually turned around by the employees.

Of course I had heard that San Francisco was hilly and windy, but you have to see it and feel it to believe it. I was taking a photo at Fisherman's wharf and a gust came by and blew me staggering while I was concentrating on the shot. I made an odd purchase, a pastel drawing by a chinese street vendor. It's nice and interesting to look at for more than a minute and it was inexpensive. A little lady in the hotel "tour" shop found out we were taking a greyline tour in the morning and she called and told them to pick us up at the hotel, which they quickly agreed to do. Cool. We are off in the morning for the Deluxe City Tour, a bus tour of the city and then a quick outing to Alcatraz. We have crashed at the hotel right now but are going out for dessert at Sears Fine Foods in a few minutes. Then on to bed since we are three hours ahead of everyone here and pretty pooped out.