A Walk through Presidio

The park at the edge of the city where the ocean turns into the bay, right next to the Golden Gate Bridge, is not called the Golden Gate park. Actually, the Golden Gate park is a few blocks South. This park is called Persidio. It mainly has a few trails surrounded by trees with an occasional view of the ocean and the Golden Gate. Aunt Kathryn and I walked along the trail til we were within a half mile of the bridge, and except for those occasional picture-perfect views (took advantage of every single one) you couldn't even tell that you were in San Francisco anymore.

We walked down some steps to a sandy beach and walked around a rock cliff covered in muscles. The water must be very high at high tide. Thank goodness it was low tide, so we could walk around them. We still got wet, and I must say that I do not envy the people who go out there and surf or swim in that water. It's like ice!

There are some really nice houses on that side of the city (this is where Robin Williams lives, but nobody puts name plaques outside their house). Think of the great views of the bridge they must have in those houses. Even when it's foggy, they could still see twinkling lights not too far off.

After a three hour walk we made it back to the car. We had been considering taking two buses back from the bridge, but a walk sounded more appealing. Walking is great exercise around here. Consider all those hills and slopes you have to walk over. Exercise is far from the reason to walk around here, though. The view is priceless.