On our second day in San Francisco, I wanted to give us a break from museums and tours, so we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge to the Marin Headlands, where it’s mostly state parks and beaches. We visited the Marine Mammal Center, a nonprofit dedicated to rescuing sea mammals and helping rehabilitate them for life back in the wild. Elizabeth was a big fan.
This statue shows how big an adult male elephant seal can be! Note the silly nose that gives them their name.
If it hadn’t been raining, the views would have been amazing.
At fish school, the volunteers teach the seals how to catch fish on their own.
In Sausalito, these Harbor Seals were happy and healthy!
From Sausalito, it’s a great view across the Bay to San Francisco!
The kids couldn’t get over the fact that the Golden Gate Bridge looks red.
Back on the San Francisco side of the Bay, we headed over to the Presidio, the old military fort right on the point that has now been turned into museums, apartments, and parks.
Thanks to some nice Midwest college students here on spring break, here’s the proof that all six of us were at Fort Point (scene of the end of one Alcatraz prisoner’s escape attempt AND the spot where Jimmy Stewart jumps into the Bay to rescue Kim Novak in Vertigo)!
