San Francisco

We purchased our three day pass for the public transport and set out to see the city. After seeing the line for the cable car we jumped on a bus and went to Golden Gate Park. We strolled around Stow Lake seeing the swans, turtles and the large central island with the Chinese Provillion on it.
Another bus ride took us to the Golden Gate Bridge. Luckily the weather was still fine to get a view the bridge and allowing a walk partway across this suspension bridge for a view of the city sky line.
Continuing around the coastline by bus we got to Port Mason and walked over a ridge to one end of the city wharfs. At the San Francisco Maritime National area we looked through various historic vessels including the Balclutha, a 256 foot square rigger. build n 1886. In 1890 the British Bark Rangitiki broke adrift in a storm and collied with this boat off Napier NZ.
The Eureka, a side-wheel ferry originally built in 1890 and used as part of US Highway 101 before the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937.
At another wharf we ventured down into a USS Pampanito, a 1943 submarine. Very confined spaces with six torpedo launching tubes at the bow and four at the rear.
After a long wait in line for the cable car in the rain was worth the experience. Crammed in to start with and up and down some very steep streets stopping at times to cram more people in was quite amazing and somewhat enjoyable.