San Francisco...Part II :)

The famous Inmates and I'm so amused with self portraits! :)

Dawn's First In'N'Out BURGER!! - Steve - are you jealous?







Dawn - on way to prison :)

I don't think I would do well in prison.....

This road was built on top of Horse tracks that would have to go from one end to the other in order to make it down the steep hills.
Sorry the photos are in a bit of a random order but it's late and I'm too tired to rearrange them. :)

Hi again :) So, after our Monday of touring the city it was time to celebrate ms. Dawn's Birthday on the 21st of November. So, in honour of her birthday - I took her to prison. Alcatraz - the former home Al Capone and other notorious Gangsta's. :) I thought Alcatraz was pretty cool - we took an audio guided tour which was great as it gave you quite a bit of history - though the sound of all the doors closing at once was probably the most eerie. After the closing of the Prison in 1963 the island was mainly abandoned until 1969, when a group of Native American Indians claimed Alcatraz as Indian land with the hope of creating a Native American cultural center and education complex on the island. The "Indians of All Tribes" wanted to show the country and the world the troubles faced by Native Americans. After spending a few hours wandering uphill again (which was nothing compared to the 10 hills of the first night - and for those of you scoffing at the 10 hills - go to San Francisco and walk them and then we can chat) we returned to San Francisco to head out of town...seeing as it was Thanksgiving weekend approaching we thought that getting on the road would help us. Wellllllll, it would have - but then of course I decided to be adventurous and completely focused on getting to Santa Cruz before the sun went down - that we ended up on a crazy mountain drive!! The roads were so narrow that my little YARRRis seemed large! So, our 5 hour journey up, took us almost 8 hours back - oh and the seat belt on the Passenger side broke! I thought Dawn was just being a wuss when she said "Victoria this thing keeps getting tighter and tighter" - well then suddenly it just got stuck...very strange indeed.
The trip was absolutely lovely!!!! We returned late Tuesday night and then continued on with the visits!!!! Ms. Dawn has yet to send me some pictures - therefore this next section cannot be completed until then! :)