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Sonoma Coast Trip - Northern California & Bay Area

05/08/2000 to 05/09/2000

Since we love the coast we decided to see some of San Francisco and the coast north of there.

Alcatraz has always been on our list so we took the opportunity to boat out to it and see just what it looks like now.

The we headed up the coast along winding coast highway to see the sights.

And since we were in Sonoma County we stopped for a couple of wine tastings.




San Francisco Bay Area and Alcatraz 05/08/2000

Funny how few pictures we have of this trip - the difference between film and digital.

We took the boat out to Alcatraz, did a tour, and then wandered around by ourselves



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No explanation necessary.
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The harbor was taken over by seals
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Lots of plump looking seals
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Yes, they do expect handouts
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Something about white sails on blue water
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Looking back as we pull away from the dock
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San Francisco skyline
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Our first glimpse of Alcatraz
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Remember 1969 and the IAT (Indians of all Tribes) takeover of Alcatraz?
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Some of the buildings are falling apart. Very harsh environment out here
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Inside one of the cell blocks
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Looking at one of the cell block exteriors
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Me - no Shawshank group but you get the feeling
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Although the it was a prison the flora is just beautiful
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Sea Gulls next in droves here. Some areas are cordoned off during nesting season
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One of the guard towers




California Coastline, Fort Ross and a Little Wine 05/09/2000

Driving up the coast - well it is just beautiful. So many great rolling hills, crashing waves and beautiful plants hugging the hills.

We did a little stop at Fort Ross - nice that it still has it's Russian history. And then a couple wineries before heading home.



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Lots of nice rocks and crashing waves
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Succulents - tons of them covering the hillsides
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The colors are very vibrant
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For some reason I imagined a pirate ship with this rock
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The winding road through the hills
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More winding roads. Good thing I don't get car sick
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Fort Ross - it's between Bodega Bay and Fort Bragg.
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It was originally a Russian-American commercial center
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It's nice they saved the old architecture
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More great rocks and coastline
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Hop Kiln Winery - HK wines
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The "hop" building was built by Italian stone masons in 1905
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Korbel Winery
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Lovely walkway with great cedar tree
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One of the fields - used by the TV series Combat and they blew up unwanted stumps
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