Sunday, July 31, 2005
Alcatraz ... visit if you can
We've taken visitors over the years. Spring the extra $4.50 for the audio tour accompaniment to the tour. Audio tours come in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. $16 gets you a trip out plus the audio tour ... and a trip back, too.
Book early. All too often this time of the year, we see disappointed tourists who realize on Sunday that the next seat available is for a boat time on Wednesday, and they will be heading back to ChickPea on Tuesday.
Our behind the scenes tour this spring, put on for Parks huggers by the Parks Conservancy people was a terrific experience. These photos are from a trip in June with visiting family members.
The Alcatraz lighthouse
The gull chicks were finding their sea legs.
View from inside the former prison.
and from outside
Beautiful place.
Desolate place
Go thee hither.
[28 Jun 2005]
posted by Sal Towse at 9:58 AM|
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Book early. All too often this time of the year, we see disappointed tourists who realize on Sunday that the next seat available is for a boat time on Wednesday, and they will be heading back to ChickPea on Tuesday.
Our behind the scenes tour this spring, put on for Parks huggers by the Parks Conservancy people was a terrific experience. These photos are from a trip in June with visiting family members.
The Alcatraz lighthouse
The gull chicks were finding their sea legs.
View from inside the former prison.
and from outside
Beautiful place.
Desolate place
Go thee hither.
[28 Jun 2005]
posted by Sal Towse at 9:58 AM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
