Our Day in Prison! VERY Picture-Heavy Post.

This past weekend saw us spending time with Robert's sister and her family. They were here as a part of their big holiday to Hawaii, SF and Vancouver! On Saturday we (finally) went to Alcatraz! Thankfully, Nicole (Robert's sister) had booked our tickets well in advance because there were a lot of people there and I doubt you can easily get tickets just by showing up. It was a cold day and we drove through a lot of fog on the way, which was interesting as we'd never driven through so much fog here before! Getting a good view wasn't boding well with the amount of fog there was! Despite the weather, though, it was lovely to see Mr 2 with his three older cousins who doted on him so much! It's meant so much to us that the people who matter the most to us have been to visit. 

We had to get a ferry across to the island, and as we did, I was relieved to see the fog starting to lift, but also to see that it was sitting on the city, itself. As we pulled away from the land, we left behind this cloud which made the city look rather ethereal sitting in a land of clouds. We came out into sun and a lovely clear day for a trip to an old prison! 

Alcatraz itself was, well... not as haunted as I was hoping for. LOL. Being an old GAOL, I was assuming it would be dark and there might have been some tales of ghosts or something, which may have given us some entertainment. But it really was nothing but an old prison. LOL. And I think the nicest thing about it was the view of SF from the island itself. Maybe it's just my over-imaginative mind, but I really thought it would be a spookier experience! 

I'm glad we went, though, as it must be one of the penultimate tourist-y things to do here. So I sort of felt like it was something we needed to do! But as usual with this blog, pictures speak 1000 words, especially when I'm half asleep! 

...there was a big of fog!

Fog over SF.

Getting closer to our destination...

...about as spooky as it got...

And if you had any doubt as to SF being a hilly city, here's some proof!

Rows and rows of prison cells.

In other news, I'm a week and a half into my studies, and I feel like it's going well. I'm still getting my head around being organised and making sure I get everything done around caring for a toddler, but it feels great to have a life and (hopefully) a future career to get into when Mr 2 begins school and gets more independent. I just submitted my first Photoshop assignment and I've had to do a few drawing exercises. It's a tough life. LOL. 

...but having said that, I will leave this post here as said toddler will likely wake from his nap soon. Thankyou, as usual, for reading and following. :-)

xoxo