While the teenagers slept in to late morning, we bought a day pass for the cable cars and had an enjoyable morning riding around. We began with boarding the Powell-Hyde line near Ghirardelli Square, and ending in Union Square. The line to ride back was huge, so we walked through the Financial District to Market St. where the California line does not seem to be as much on the tourist radar. We hopped off that line at Powell St., crossed the street, and hopped back on the Powell-Mason line to complete our trip. What is time in San Francisco without riding the cable cars?!
We split up after lunch with John and Isaac heading to the Golden Gate Bridge to have a redux of walking over it. One side was closed to pedestrians so it was a bit crowded with foot traffic and bikes. Isaac, who really wanted to do this again, but doesn't love heights, power walked the whole way, leaving John to play catch up! And that's telling because John is usually the one leaving the rest of the family in the dust as he zips to a destination! Once they were back on solid ground, John stopped at Golden Gate Park to grab some sand for his collection. While they were out, Adelaide and I hopped on the cable cars to visit Chinatown.
Later in the afternoon, John and I walked to Crissy Field to watch the windsurfers and ship traffic coming in and out of the bay. We were surprised by a sea lion stopping right in front of us who peeked up to check out what was happening above water! After, we collected the kids and brought them to an outstanding Korean restaurant John and I had gone to the night before called Surisan. And before the day was done, John and Isaac put those cable car passes to good use and had a night time ride. A nice ending to our time in San Francisco.
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