Vacation ~

I have been longing to go on vacation this summer but since I am now on a fixed income there is no way I can afford to go any where. So I am going on an Internet vacation. First stop is the Eiffel Tower. Just looking up, it is so beautiful!




Next stop the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor! These men gave the utmost sacrifice; their lives for our great country.

Next on the Niagara Falls to see one of God's natural beauties! So pretty and so loud!

And last but not least NY to see the Statue of Liberty. Who I like to call Ms. Liberty! Isn't she beautiful!

I am tired from all this traveling; but I am going to go again! Where should I go next?

Alcatraz, SF Trip Part 2

Our first close-up look of the U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz

The ferry ride over was real windy. I think my hair looks like Medusa here! lol, and that face wow.

Almost to shore. I can only imagine what the prisoners thought when they approached.

This area housed the guards and their families.

The Guard Tower

Outside windows didn't let in much light.

Side view looking at water tower in the background.

Waiting to go in at the entrance.

Intake area, clothes, shoes, and towels

Looking up to the upper cells. We didn't get to go up there.

Just a few of the inmates.

This diagram illustrated one of the attempted escapes.

This is how they got out of their cells. The used spoons to make the openings bigger

A lot of the inmates painted while they were in here. But I didn't see any that were very good at painting. Just something to do to help pass the time.

This is one of the fake heads the escapees used so the guards wouldn't know they were out of their cells.

Here is another one. They looked real fake to me, I guess that is why they didn't work!

Inside the cell. Just a desk, toilet, sink and bed. They were pretty small.

This was the recreation yard

Kitchen area and there is a big dining area just to the left of this.

Library

Visitation booth, prisoners on this side visitors on the back side

Visitation rules

Control Room

This is the vault, it was right off the Warden's office

What the guards uniforms looked like.

These were the Wardens. The second man is the one that was the toughest one. I guess he was nick named the Devil.

Please let me out. I swear I am innocent!

Part 3 of my San Francisco trip is Napa Valley. I wil post it in a few days.

San Francisco Trip Part 1

First day in San Francisco. We started the day at the Golden Gate Bridge. She is an awesome site. It was a cloudy day, weather was about 64 degrees. This was my first time to SF and I was so excited to finally be here.

Here we are with the Golden Gate in the back ground. My brother-in-law Richard, sister Cindey, myself, sister Gloria and my niece Alisha. My brother-in-law Eddie was taking the picture.

Richard and Cindey. We walked out on the bridge. It is 1.7 miles long.

Gloria and Eddie

Me

We passed by this apartment building near Chinatown. They have to hang their laundry out to dry on the cat walk since they have no back yards.

This park was in Chinatown. There were groups of men and groups of women sitting around the park with their bags of pennies playing cards.

A shop in Chinatown. The prices seemed really low too me. I purchased items for souvenirs.

This is one of the painted ladies. They are shown in the opening credits of the show "Full House".

I just love the houses in SF.

City Hall

Here comes the trolley car. We hopped on for a ride.

Here is a picture I took of the gears in the trolley car.

My niece Alisha and her Dad hanging off the side of the trolley car.

Richard being a daredevil hanging off trolley car.

Looking down one of many long steep streets in SF.

Look at all the steps. Imagine carry groceries up those steps.

I thought this house was beautiful. It is a newer home but they have to follow the building guidelines of the older style Victorian Homes.

This is the Presido area. These were shown in the movie "Presido"

This was taken under the Golden Gate Bridge looking back at San Francisco.

We started our day at the Golden Gate Bridge and we ended our day there also. These are just a few of the pictures I took along the way. I ended up taking a total of 497 pictures during our trip.

Part 2 of our trip is of Alcatraz. I will post that in a few days. Here is a picture of "The Rock" looking out from under Golden Gate Bridge.