San Francisco, CA - Back to the Scene of the Crime

But, then it was time for lunch and we headed out to some picnic tables along the boardwalk and watched the ships in the water. A tall ship is in the harbor this month and we watched two guys furl the sails.

We watched several families kayaking in the bay.

We then took some time to view the exhibits they had about wartime shipbuilding in this area but then we headed on down the pathway to the scene of the crime, the dock where I walked off.

We walked down the dock towards the end. Here’s my picture showing the dock and the bulkhead that I fell between, from about 20’ away. Beautiful view over the bay and, remember, I wanted to watch some paddleboarders on the bay and leaned onto the bulkhead - then stepped out with my right foot - but there was no dock to step on. And, I went into the water between this bulkhead and the end of the dock. That space doesn’t look like it’s very wide here, does it? Well, it isn’t and I’ve got some more pictures to show it to you.

And, here are some more pictures showing the distance between the dock and the bulkhead. Now, Gary is reaching out from the dock to the actual pillars on the bulkhead - see thatboard at the top of the picture? It’s about 6” wide and sticks out from the bulkhead. Now, subtract that 6” from Gary’s reach and how much space do you get? 18” or so? that’s what we guess I fell into: 18” of water between two hard boards. How ever did I fall in this narrow space and not damage anything more than my knee?

This must have been the step that I took. Doesn’t that water look like a swimming pool you’d like to jump into? Yecch.

And, finally, this is looking almost right straight down - boy, did I ever thread the needle here.

Enough of that. I”m going to relish being alive with only a bum knee. We’re in San Francisco, let’s enjoy it. Off to see the Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands north above it. But, as were driving there, we saw this marvelous view of San Francisco with the sun on it. Coit Tower off the left and the TransAmerica tower in the middle.

And, Angel Island in the bay.

But at the Headlands, lots of other tourists with the same idea. Understandable. Lots of others wanting to do the same thing and all scrambling for the few parking spots available. We found one and snapped away.

Can you beat this view? Absolutely not - and we’ll probably take other shots of the bridge in our short time left here.

Well, maybe the view the opposite direction out towards the Pacific as the sun heads lower. You know me, I love pictures of the sun on water.

But, you know how we like rock structures. Look at these rocks on the Headlands. How gnarly they are and what forces of nature caused these?

Time to head home A full day.