Sausilito

After crossing the Golden Gate bridge, there wasn't anything much official on the northern side of the bridge, but there is a viewpoint area with parking spaces.

You often get tailgating at US sports events, but a variation here is that people were selling hot dogs, burgers and tacos either directly from the boot of their cars/trucks or from portable BBQs that they had set up all along the kerbside!

It looks like this could be just their entire businesses, selling fast food to tourists at the lookout point.

Street vendors have been something of a theme this year.  After each game at Oracle Park there is a line of 20 to 30 of them, all across Wille Mays Plaza of hot dog and taco vendors, cooking there on the spot, selling food to fans as they exit the ballpark.

I carried on along the road, down the winding road into Sausalito, although there was only a painted line to separate the walking and cycling area from the main road, which wasn't great.  I passed an Australian tourist who was coming up the hill, who encouraged me to keep going, letting me know I was only 20 minutes away from the town!

The town is pretty (there are lots more photos in my album) and there are several places to eat.  I had lunch at The Trident, which has a seating area on a verandah area overlooking the bay, which was 

There are a couple of different ferries that run back to San Francisco.  One goes to the ferry terminal and one goes to Pier 41, which is near my hotel, so that's the one I took.  There are so many different ferry companies operating out of San Francisco.  I note that since my last stay here, the Alcatraz trips are handled by their own ferry company instead of being fought over by the Red & White and the Blue & Gold fleets.

The ferry is quite expensive at $14, I think.  I added plenty of credit to my Clipper card before going so I didn't have to bother with buying a paper ticket.

You do get very good view of Alcatraz and the other sights of the bay as you sail across.  It takes half an hour, which is s surprisingly long time for what looks like such a short distance.

One we had arrived back at pier 41, I was able to go back to my hotel so that I could drop off my backpack, which wouldn't be allowed in the stadium, and pick up my hat and beanie to go to the ballgame in the evening.