Telegraph Hill and the Death Boat

Ok... I know it has been way too long since the last post so I will wrap up our San Fran trip.  We walked up the stairs to Coit Tower to see the beautiful view.  Of course we stopped along the way to take in the view and let people walking down the stairs by.  Once at the top we realized why people were "looking at us funny" on the way up.  Apparently there is a bus that actually drops you at the top of Telegraph Hill.  All those stairs for no real reason.

random sign along the stairs

after already climbing over 200 stairs what's left

Lombard St. and the Bridge

Coit Tower

After taking in the view we caught the bus back down and went over to Pier 39 to take a boat cruise of the bay.  Although it was windy and cold on the boat it allowed us beautiful views and took us out to the Golden Gate bridge and circled around Alcatrez before returning to the dock.

We found out that with our tickets from the boat cruise we could get tickets for the Rocket Boat death boat for $10.  Luke was excited about that and after I had a cup of coffee to warm up we boarded the death boat.  It wasn't actually a death boat but I think it is a more fitting name.  Seriously, hitting waves at high speed and being strapped to a chair on a speed boat is not my idea of fun.  Many people were enjoying the death boat, I was not one of them.  I would have felt better if I was allowed to wear the life jacket instead of having it under my seat in the event that I needed it.

before leaving the dock 

Although the boat ride totaled 30 minutes it felt way longer than the 1 1/2 hour cruise we just took.  You can see the spray and such from the death boat as it made a turn back towards the bridge (this boat went opposite the other tour boat so it was the bay bridge).

Luke and the Death Boat

Stress from the death boat equals a trip to Ghiradelli Square for another ice cream sundae before heading back to the hotel to rest a little bit for my half marathon the next day.  Luke did not complain about calling it an early day after the stairs and walking I'd put him through the past couple days.