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title: San Francisco 2016
author: Kevin Nobel
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# San Francisco 2016
Back in 2016 I made my first trip to the United States and visited San
Francisco.

## Walking across the Golden Gate Bridge
On the San Francisco side of the bridge there is a bus stop next to the
[Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center](https://www.goldengatebridgestore.org/).
In and around the welcome center you can find various objects and signs with
information about the bridge. Of course you can also get a beautiful view of
the bridge from here.

![View of the Golden Gate Bridge from the "Post Card
Viewpoint".](img/golden-gate-south.jpeg)

I started my hike across the Golden Gate at the welcome center. I noticed that
the path was very crowded until you reach the first pilar of the bridge.
Somewhere in the middle a giant container ship sailed under the bridge.

![Bird's-eye view of the Oakland Express entering the San Francisco
Bay.](img/oakland-express.jpeg)

When you reach the other side, you will be greeted by the Lime Point Light .

![The Lime Point Lighthouse.](img/lime-point.jpeg)

When you get off the bridge at the other side there is a rest area for highway
traffic. The rest area offers a view point of the bridge.

![View of the Golden Gate Bridge from the rest area.](img/rest-area.jpeg)

If take tha path under the highway you can access Battery Spencer from which
you get probably the best view of the bridge and also the Pacific ocean.

![View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Battery
Spencer.](img/battery-spencer-bridge.jpeg)

![View of the Pacific Ocean from Battery
Spencer.](img/battery-spencer-pacific.jpeg)

From Battery Spencer I walked under the bridge on Conzelman Road and Moore
Road to Fort Baker. From which I walked to the Sausalito ferry terminal to
cach my ferry back to San Francisco.

![View of the bridge from Moore Road.](img/moore.jpeg)

![One of many beautiful Victorian houses in Sausalito.](img/home.jpeg)

## Cable Car Museum

The [Cable Car Museum](http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/) is a free museum which
houses the engines that pull the cables under the streets on which the cable
cars grip. Several cable cars are on display inside the building as well.

![Engines in the Cable Car Power House.](img/cable-car-power-house.jpeg)

![Detail of plaque on one of the engines.](img/cable-car-engine-detail.jpeg)

The engines are not not aligned with the streets so large sheaves are used to
route the cables.

![Sheaves in the Cable Car Power House.](img/cable-car-sheaves.jpeg)

## Miscellaneous pictures

![The Hobart Building.](img/hobart-building.jpeg)

![Entrance of the Administration Building at
Alcatraz.](img/administration-building.jpeg)

![View from Alcatraz.](img/alcatraz-view.jpeg)

![Car parked on a slope.](img/sloped-parking.jpeg)