Rainy, windy, and cold

We ended up waiting about an hour and twenty minutes for the accident between the southbound train and a camping trailer to be cleared away so that we could proceed and when we got off the train in Oakland it had started raining.  We took the bus across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco and finally got to our hotel about midnight. 

We slept in a little and then went out to explore the city.  We walked down to the Fisherman's wharf area and watched the Sea Lions and did some shopping.

We then purchased one of those hop on and hop off tours and went around the city.  It gave us a good idea of what we might want to do tomorrow. We are hoping that the weather will be a bit better as it was really nasty today.

We also went to the aquarium at Fishermans Wharf which was a nice warm, dry way to spend some time.  They have some nice exhibits of  local species.

We enjoyed learning about the city on the tour and tomorrow plan on visiting the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park, walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, and visiting ChinaTown.

Here are some more more pictures about town.

Keep your fingers crossed that we will have a clearer day tomorrow.  We will start out going over to Alcatraz in the morning and then on to the Golden Gate Bridge.  Until then . . . . .