It's a 4 hour drive from Tahoe to central San Francisco. From there we monkeyed around the piers, went shopping, drank beer, and enjoyed the hottest March weather on record.
 Downhill on highway 50 |
 You are now leaving the Sierra Nevada |
 Sitting on the Dock of the Bay |
 There's a Mason on Mason |
 The sealions have the right idea |
 - What's the time please sonny? - On the 1st floor behind menswear |
 Alcatraz island from Pier 39 Pic by Rik |
 Some bunch of crabby tourists Pic by Rik |
 Who needs July when you can have early March |
 So it's $2 (£1) for any beer, for the next 3 hours? |
 Then bring us beer! |
 They've done tests. 60% of the time, this look works every time. |
 Smiles for all (until the morning anyway) |
 Hmm, don't they have earthquakes here? Pic by Rik |
 Either a streetcar or a trolley, but not a tram Pic by Rik |
 Gift shop! Quick - everybody make like a tourist! Pic by Rik |
 Check out the lion! Or it could just be a shoe shop ;-) Pic by Rik |
 Splashing around on the 27th floor |
 Andy's belly flop. If I had a sound clip you'd know it hurt. |
 3 shadowy figures lurk beneath the Pyramid of Doom (In reality the Transamerica Company building) |