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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Nick & Stephanie Visit Day 2

May 13th

We stayed at the Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel.  It had an amazing breakfast buffet. 
Also this view from the bar/restaurant.

We drove across the bridge! 

We were there!

As we now know, the Golden Gate Bridge is named for the strait over which it spans and not its color.

Hi Nick!

The plaza around the Lone Sailor.

The Lone Sailor represents a sailor's last view of the West Coast before shipping out. 

Oh, this is hard to read.  It says:
"This is a memorial to everyone who ever sailed out the Golden Gate in the service of their country - in the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Merchant Marine.

A ship heading for sea passes directly by this spot at the northern end of the Golden Gate.  Here the sailor feels the first long roll of the sea, the beginning of the endless horizon that leads to the far Pacific.

There is one last chance to look back at the city of San Francisco, shining on its hills, one last chance to look back at home.

Thousands and thousands of American seafarers have sailed past this place, in peace and war, to defend this country and its sea frontiers.  Many of them never returned.  This monument is dedicated to the ordinary sailors and marines who sailed from this place and did their duty."

Another photo of the SkiFree monster attacking the city.

There was a little dot in the water.  I think it's a guy in a single scull boat...or something.

We also did an escape room, in which we successfully escaped.  Woo!

Then we drove down to Monterey where drinking and Goldeneye occurred.

This concludes our adventures for today.