San Francisco, CA
We arrived in San Francisco by going under the Golden Gate Bridge.

Ever wonder what the Golden Gate Bridge looks like from underneath? Here you go, you don’t need to wonder anymore!
Then we arrived at port.
Once we were off, we took a tour that went to Sausalito, CA and Alcatraz. But first another look at the Golden Gate Bridge.

This was a shower area – new arrivals would start here. They gave us little audio units with headphones – the tour was narrated by a previous inmate – the instructions would tell you to go to a certain spot and then the recording would tell you about the area… you could go at your own pace and rewind if you wanted something repeated.

This was the dining hall – the blackboard across the way had a menu and the bars led to the kitchen area, which the inmates were not allowed in.

This was a recreation of the inmates that escaped – they put fake bodies in their beds while they escaped.

The view of the city across the bay. The tour said that sometimes the inmates could hear picnics and parties and people enjoying life across the bay – and it depressed them.

Solitary Confinement – and the floor level cells were ‘the hole.’ When the door was closed, they were pitch black – the inmates could not even see their hands in front of their faces

Adam inside ‘the hole’ – the tour said that inmates would entertain themselves by throwing a coin and spending time trying to find it in the dark

I couldn’t get a very good photo of him – because he wanted to be paid for photos…one of the former inmates was signing books.
After our tour of Alcatraz, it was time to head back to the ship. We had a great time in San Francisco!