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We Started in Palm Desert, CA and Spent Our First Night in San Luis Obispo.
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We Then Headed Up The Coast Highway.
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No Schedule, ...
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... No Real Plan, Other Than...
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... Getting to San Francisco.
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We Stopped When The View Begged Us, ...
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.. And Stayed As Long As We Wanted.
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As We Drove, We...
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... Talked - Novel Idea!
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The Elephant Seals Were Molting. Some...
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... Enjoyed the Sand.
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Most Used It As a Sun Screen.
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Others Were More Interested in the Water.
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This One is Enjoying the Sun, While...
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... This One Was Barking Up a Storm.
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The Coastline Changed Dramatically During the Drive.
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In Some Spots We Could Get to the Beach, But...
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... In Others We Viewed From Above.
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We Stopped at the Ragged Point Inn...
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... For Lunch.
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It Was a Beautiful Afternoon.
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The Fog Would Drift Through And Then Clear.
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The Meal Was Good And...
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... The View Was Tremendous!
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Hey Dad - Time for a Hair Cut!
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This Section of the Coast Highway Marks The Start of "Big Sur" Country.
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Notice the Road About 2/3's Up The Coast. They Had LOTS of Rain in the Spring and Were Still Repairing the Damage.
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We Sat and Enjoyed The Tranquility.
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We Could Have Taken a Nap, But...
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... We Were Off to San Francisco.
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There Were So Many Nice Vistas It Was Difficult to See Them All.
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You Can Still See The Coastal Haze at 3:00 PM!
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We Met Another Father/Son Team Touring on Their Motorcycles.
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There Was Never an Issue Finding Someone Willing to Take Our Picture.
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Purple Haze Man, Purple Haze!
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We Made an Unexpected Detour to See Carmel by the Sea.
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The Beach Looked Inviting, But...
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... We Were Really There to Stretch Our Legs.
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Dad Took a Few to Catch Up With Nancy at the Office.
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Off To Pebble Beach And...
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... 17 Mile Drive.
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Surf, Golf Courses And VERY Expensive Homes.
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We Enjoyed The Surf, And...
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... Dolly Enjoyed a Break.
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I Think Dad Enjoyed It Too.
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Time to Get Back on the Road, to See...
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... The Lone Cypress.
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A Really Beautiful Spot, But Time to Get Back in the Car.
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We're Off To...
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... San Francisco.
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We Stayed at the Wyndham Canterbury Resort.
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As You Can See We Had a Room on One of the Upper Floors.
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We Had a One Bedroom Unit - I Took The Couch.
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The Mini Kitchen Allowed Us to Make Vi-Shape Shakes for Breakfast.
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Dad Worked on a Contract, Then...
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... Off to Pier 39!
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We Met My Sigma Chi Big Brother...
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... Pete Bertrand For Lunch At...
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... Neptune's Palace.
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Hey, Let's Eat Rick!
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We Had a Wonderful Window View of the Bay, And...
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... Alcatraz Island.
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After Lunch We Toured The Pier.
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We Didn't Visit the Floating Restaurant.
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I Think Someone Forgot to Tell This Seal Which Beach to Molt!
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The Pier Was Crowded, With...
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... Mostly Foreign Tourists.
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I Couldn't Pass This One Up!
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We Had a Beautiful Day, To...
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... Enjoy The Pier With Bert But...
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... Now It Was Time To...
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... Head to Pier 33, For Our Visit to...
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... Alcatraz!
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This Photo is NOT to Scale!
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Let's Get This Tug Moving!
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It Was a Good Day to Sail Across, But...
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... We Motored. Here's Neptune's Palace.
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This View IS to Scale.
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The Alcatraz We Know Was Opened as a Federal Penitentiary in 1934, But...
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... It Had Been Used For Decades by The Army.
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Much of the Island is in Disrepair.
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The Penitentiary Was Closed in 1963.
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We Approach the Dock.
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What's Left of the Warden's Residence With the Old Lighthouse.
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Guard Tower With Power Plant in the Background.
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The Island Was Used To Hold American Indian Prisioners Around The Turn of the 20th Century.
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You Can See Why It Was Torturious - So Close to Freedom!
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The Views From The Island Are Spectacular.
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We Waited For The Tram Ride Up The Hill.
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I Guess We're Safe.
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We Took The Self-Guided Audio Tour, Which Started in the Showers.
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The Cells Were "Cozy".
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There Were LOTS of People. Tickets Sell Out in Advance For Most of the Summer, So Buy Early Online.
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No Inmates to Add a Fresh Coat of Paint.
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A Stark Existence!
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The Exercise Yard, With...
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... The "Easy" Way Out!
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Hey, Here's a Prisoner Still Remaining.
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Lock Him Up, ...
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... He Looks Dangerous!
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The Solitary Confinement Cells, Were...
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... "Spacious", But There Were Surpisingly Few of Them.
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A Few of the More "Famous" Bad Guys.
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The Penitentiary Never Held More Than 300 Prisoners And Could Not Hold Women...
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... They Were Not Deemed to be "Incorrigible" Until 1964.
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The Audio Tour Was Very Comprehensive.
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No Way Through The Sky Light.
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Here's Where One of the Most Famous Escape Attempts Occurred.
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An Inmate Climbed the Bars And Used This Spreader to Get Into The Gallery.
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Back Outside For A Room With a View.
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The Golden Gate Bridge Appears Very Close But Is Actually Miles Away.
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They Said The Inmates Could Hear Parties From The Mainland.
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The "Inside" of the Warden's Residence.
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WOW
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It Was VERY Windy, But...
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... We Were...
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... Enjoying The View.
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They Had a Few "Furnished" Cells.
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Off to Receive Visitors, But Wait...
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... What Do You Think This Window is For?
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Few Inmates Received Visitors. San Francisco Was a LONG Way From Most of the Country Between 1934 and 1963.
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Hi Ma, Welcome to Alcatraz.
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The Wardens of Alcatraz.
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The View From The Warden's Residence.
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The Central "Control" Room.
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Our Prisoner Relaxes in the Dining Hall.
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A Birds Eye View of the Island Back in Its Hey Day.
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I Walked Down the Hill While Dad Waited for the Tram.
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Any Idea What This Could Have Been Used For?
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The Power Plant. I Recall Something About The Island Going Solar Soon!
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The Guard Barracks. Many Guards Lived on the Island With Their Families.
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The Other Side of the Guard Tower.
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I Imagine It Could Get Chilly Up There.
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The Electrical Repair Shop.
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We Had a Nice Tour, But...
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... Our Ride Has Arrived.
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YIKES, Look at the Line! Where's...
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... The Tram?
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Another Odd Feature - Can You Imagine Using These Steps?
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It's Not The Desert Heat, But...
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... It Was Time to Head Back.
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We Enjoyed the View of the Golden Gate Bridge, And...
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... Downtown San Francisco One Last Time.
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Hey - Our Prisoner is Escaping!
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We're Back at Pier 33, Let's Have Some...
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... Dinner!
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We Enjoyed Dinner AND The View From a Sidewalk Table in Little Italy. Then Back to the Canterbury, Where...
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... Laura Was Glad to Meet Dad.
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I Guess She Was REALLY Glad! Our Prisoner Has Charisma!
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The Next Day We Toured Berkeley, Then Headed For Golden Gate Park.
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The "Bay" is Enourmous.
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LOTS of Shots of the Bridge.
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Here's a Different Perspective on San Francisco.
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I Got Out And Explored a Bit While...
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... Dad Worked From The Car.
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The Photos Don't Do It Justice.
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Oops - Use The Fill Flash!
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This Was a Bit Better, But Virtually Impossible to Out Do The Setting Sun.
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Nice.
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Very Nice.
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I Like The Brush in the Foreground.
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We Tried To Get a Table at the Beach Chalet At...
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... Sunset, But It Was a 2 Hour Wait (We Should Have Asked Laura to Make a Reservation).
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We Ate Dinner in China Town.
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When We Returned We Doscovered Laura Had Selected Us As The Daily Cruise Winners! It Pays to Have Friends. We're Off to Gold Country!