I think the RV park brochure said it was a two-minute walk to the ferry landing. It was more like 15 minutes, and the first afternoon there it was about 95 degrees, so that walk seemed like an hour. And it is right on the off ramp of the 101 freeway, which is very busy. There is a small cement wall with a railing, but you really felt like you were on the freeway!!
We purchased our Clipper cards at the machine out front and got in line for the approaching ferry. Once it landed and the doors opened, it took a long time for everyone to disembark. After a while, I was thinking it was one of those clown cars that they just keep coming out of for a long time. It was hard to imagine so many people could fit onto that boat; but it was just after 5:30pm, so it was filled with commuters. They must have been packed in like sardines. We boarded with about 25 others to make the trip to San Francisco. It was a beautiful day and the city was gleaming in the bright sun as we made our way across the bay. Even the Golden Gate was easy to see, no fog around it like most of the other trips we made this week.
We walked over to Chris’s apartment on the 19th floor of a building just a few blocks from the ferry landing. As we rode the elevator, Dusty started shaking due to the beeps the elevator made for each floor above the 7th. That may have been his first ride in an elevator.
Chris has a great view of the waterfront in a very nice building. After having a couple beers with Chris and Shelly while watching some of the Padres game, and touring the rooftop with an amazing view, we headed out for dinner at Palomino. Dinner was very good out on their patio with a spectacular view of the Bay Bridge as the sun set and its lights came on. They did a great job with that.
We headed back to the ferry landing to catch the last boat out at 9:30. It was very dark on the water and the window by our seat was covered in so much water, I thought it was raining hard, but it wasn’t and turned out to be the spray from the bay.
The walk back to the RV park after 10pm was interesting as I hadn’t thought to bring a flashlight. So we didn’t walk real fast and kept a keen eye out for bicyclists… The next day my little flashlight was in my backpack!
We got back there without running into anything!