Alcatraz

On Monday, we took BART back into the city and went to Pier 33, to take the ferry to Alcatraz. After dosing DH and Maddie with Dramamine so we could keep all our clothes clean, we had a lovely ride over to the island.

The history of Alcatraz island is really interesting, and is way more involved than just the famous prison. We saw a movie, walked around the whole island, took an audio tour of the cell block, saw nesting snowy egrets, and nesting seagulls with baby chicks. The island supports a lot of nesting birds, because there are no predators. We learned about the island's history as a military installation, a prison, and its' indian occupation in the late 60's.

We spent the rest of our afternoon back at Pier 39, and then took our weary selves back to BART and Pacifica where our trailer was. We will be up at 5am tomorrow to start for Oregon!