the san francisco treat, day 1
We walked (and walked, and walked) to Pier 39. Along the way, we saw a lot of the city and grabbed lunch at a local cafe. We loved the sea lions and both thought they sounded like Lukey. That made us miss our little guy.
Then we boarded the ferry to Alcatraz Island. Here's a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the ferry. 
The island from the ferry. There were so many sailboats and speedboats and every other sort of boats out that day. It was gorgeous!
Inside the prison
Behind bars
Josh in solitary confinement!! Spooky! (It's lit up because of the flash.)
Got a dark one
Me being creeped out inside the solitary confinement cell. Is there an orb around me?!?!?
Views from the island
Me visiting Josh through the glass
This is one of the cells of an escapee. You can see the vent that he escaped through still uncovered and the head was recreated for America's Most Wanted but the room is set up like it was at the time of their escape. I loved every second of Alcatraz. It's crazy to stand in a place and think about what happened there many years ago. The audio tour was great and seeing the cafeteria, prison grounds, warden's house, etc. was fascinating.
Then we walked some more. This hill doesn't look that steep, but let me tell you, it WAS!! Talk about working those glutes!
Here's another view of one of the roads
And here are some pictures of Lombard Street, the crookedest street in America. We did not drive down it but we did walk down it and I was cringing just waiting for someone's brakes to go out.
After that, we decided to take a cable car. You can't NOT ride a cable car! Plus, I was singing the San Francisco treat song allll day (just ask Josh how annoyed he was), so it was a must-do.
We got a good spot right on the back. I wanted to do the side steps, but I was pretty scared just being on the back. I kept thinking Josh was going to fall off the back. So this was a good spot where we got to be outside but were still somewhat protected from falling off of the dangerous 3MPH speeding trolley!
I could play once it was stopped!
I can't tell you how much fun we had! After this, we went back to the hotel room and tried to go down to the sauna, only to find out that the men's and women's were separate. So we tried to do the whirlpool, only to find out that it was closed for construction. So we went back and ordered take out and had the *best* chinese food ever. I may have to go back to SF just for Fu War!
We jammed everything we possibly could into 2 days. Soon, I will post pictures from the rest of our trip.
Here we are in front of the chocolate wall at Lindt.
A starfish!!
We saw (and everyone else saved) TONS of these guys. I touched one but wasn't about to pick one up. But I pointed them out well.
If you look closely, you can see a shark fin. There were lots and lots of stingrays, sharks and other various creatures lurking in the water. Pretty neat to see...not so much to swim!
Here is Patty by the pool.
A view from our balcony.
We got bikes and rode ALL OVER the entire island. It was so fun and everything was SO gorgeous!! I'm mad that we didn't take any more pictures on the trails with the gigantic trees and the moss all over them. But here are some of our pictures from the big bike adventure:
Up close and personal with an alligator!!
We stood so close and watched him eyeballing us. He didn't mind though.
Then we went to an old rice field and walked across this bridge where we saw tons of snakes and more alligators. It's so weird how close you are to them.
Then a little boy showed us all of these alligators sunbathing. 
And the guys were trying to get one to come out of the water. I was long gone...
Then we ate lunch at Harbor Town. And looked at all of the yachts.
We went to Savannah one day. This is a cathedral that we went into during our tour of Savannah.
THEN...::nom nom nom::
Then we headed over to lunch at Paula's Lady & Sons Restaurant. Here we all are out in front of Paula's store and restaurant.
And here we are enjoying the buffet. (Oh, the iced tea!!! Never in your LIFE have you had iced tea like this!!)
Then J and Patty and I went shopping...and Ronnie did this:
Here's a picture of Patty in her cute tent during our day at the beach.
And here we are at the Sea Shack (or, as Ronnie has dubbed it, the Shitty Shack). We took the advice of Rachael Ray and we came to regret it. It wasn't the best meal we'd ever had, but in defense of the place, we probably didn't order the right stuff. We figured we should have gotten the catch of the day or something as opposed to what we got.
Finally, we took a looong bike ride along the beach. It was so much fun.
Here we are at a leisurely pace. Going WITH the wind. Yeah, that was cake. So we rode for miles and miles and then realized that we would have to ride against the wind to get back. Not quite as easy!
But on our way, we came across a pool of water that was standing from when the tide went out. Only this pool of water had some stingrays trapped in it. 
Our Hilton Head Heroes!!
It became a big affair with other beach goers and they got a few rounds of applause. We just couldn't handle the idea of them dying overnight and drying up. So sad.
Here's a closeup of one of the fellas on his way to freedom.
Then I played in the water. We weren't supposed to take the bikes in the water but I had to do it. It was fun!
Then J called me a little skunk.
