[A collaborative piece written and inspired by the De Sousa / Larkey cousins, Mike, and Vi]
This morning we caught an early BART train to San Francisco.
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| Rosie's first BART ride |
When we
arrived in San Francisco we went into the Ferry building and we had a
delicous "gourmet" safeway sandwich brown bag brunch. Mind you, this was right
next to Blue Bottle Coffee (one of the most expensive coffee shops in
the bay area). Then we caught the F train to the Angel Island Ferry.
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| Looking to be a sunny day in the bay! |
After an extremely windy yet scenic ferry ride to the island we got
right to hiking. The weather was great and the going was easy. Really,
the only thing complicating our trip up was the fact that we each had a
plastic grocery bag of provisions to tote. We had all forgotten
backpacks, which is particularly embarrassing because there were two
eagle scouts in the group.
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| Rosie had the best view after a peaceful nap |
Once we made it to the summit of Mount
Livermore we gorged on a feast of more sandwiches, pretzel chips, beef
jerky, pasta salad, oranges, bananas and nearly a pound of skittles; all while enjoying one of the most breathtaking views of the bay.
Rosa was hitting the block of cheddar HARD; she probably ate 10% of her
body weight in cheese.
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| Peak of Mt. Livermore |
We decided to take a little bit of a shorter walk down the Mount
Livermore.
Shortly after our departure we decided to have an epic and
comical jumping photo op.
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| Hurray! |
After reasonable success we walked down to the
immigration center getting our dose of history after a wholesome dose of
nature. We did more walking sight-seeing and read the plaques while
Rosa played on them.
After that we walked by the dock and stopped at the
picnic tables for a short cookie break followed by a walk through the
visitors center and roughly calculated how far we walked to reach the
peak.
On the way back to San Francisco we decided to take shelter inside the ferry before stretching our legs again on a walk through the Italian
district, North Beach. There we had an early bird dinner (or was it a
late lunch) at Steps of Rome where we noshed on salad, and a tasty
mixture of pastas and pizza.
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| Steps of Rome |
Fatigue from the day's adventures and food
coma were setting in a little but that didn't stop us from walking once
again, this time through Chinatown and Union Square, with a quick stop through
City Light Books. We made our last
stop at the Westfield Mall for creme puffs, coffee, and a light show.
Rosie loved exploring the mall on her own, but made sure to look back
and give us her cheeseburger face and to make sure we were all watching her.
The ride back to the east bay was calm and relaxing.
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| Hanging out |
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| Learning to read maps |
Before parting ways we of course made time for one last group photo.
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| Smiles after a full day |
Today was such a memorable day that gave us an opportunity to bask in the sweetness of family and really
enjoy each other's company. We hope this will be the beginning of a new tradition.
Logistics of the Trip
159.1 total miles traveled today x 8 brave souls = 1272.8 miles!
The breakdown:
Car, Train, Bus:
- 70 miles driving round trip from SJ to Bart
- 66 miles round trip on bart
- 2 miles on muni
Ferry:
- 13 nautical miles round trip between SF and Angel Island
On Foot:
- 6 mile hike on Angel Island (788 elevation to climb and descent)
- 2.1 miles from Wharf to Westfield Mall / Powell St. Bart on foot
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