BACK IN 'FRISCO AND FIRST UP HAD TO BE A RIDE DOWN TO FISHERMANS WHARF ON A CABLE CAR.WE WAITED DOWNTOWN AT POWELL STREET WHERE THE CARS TURN ROUND AND START THEIR ROUTE DOWN TO THE BAY,ALONG CAME OUR FELLA-NUMBER 19 (405).THE CONDUCTOR RANG THE FAMOUS BELL -WHICH YOU CAN HEAR ALL OVER THE CITY AND WE WERE OFF.OTHER CARS PASSED ALONG THE WAY(406)(407)-AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE SOMEWHERE SPECIAL,BEST CITY IN AMERICA BY FAR.HAD TO TAKE THE 'ON BOARD' SNAP AS WE GOT OFF(408)(409) WE THEN WALKED UP A LITTLE HILL..(NOTE THE SLIGHT BIT OF SARCASM THERE)TO THE FAMOUS LOMBARD STREET(410)-WINDIEST ROAD IN AMERICA, TURNRD AROUND AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY LANDMARK-COIT TOWER(411),THEN IT WAS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS TO FISHERMANS WHARF(412) STOOD IN FRONT OF THE FAMOUS SIGN(413)(414)AND WANDERED AROUND THE PLACE(415),WALKING PAST ALL THE STREET STALLS( 416)(417) SELLING THEIR CLAM CHOWDER AND OTHER FISHY DELIGHTS.LOOKING OUT INTO THE BAY AND THERE IT IS,MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED PLACES IN AMERICA-ALCATRAZ-I TOOK A LOAD AND WHITTLED IT DOWN TO A COUPLE,FIRST ONE(418) A BIRD FLEW PAST JUST AS I PUSHED THE BUTTON-WAS THAT THE FAMOUS BIRD ESCAPED FROM THE PRISON ? FREE AT LAST?..MAYBE BURT LANCASTER IS SOMEWHERE AROUND,BUYING HIMSELF SOME LOBSTER!!! ONE LAST SHOT(419) TIMES LIKE THIS I WISH WE HAD BOB'S CAMERA FOR A BETTER ZOOM,BUT,ALAS, BOB'S CAMERA BIT THE DUST A FEW DAYS AGO,SO,IV'E BEEN AIMING SOLO FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW...FURTHER ALONG THE FRONT WE COME TO PIER 39(420)-THIS IS WHERE YOU GET YOUR RETAIL THERAPY LADIES-LOADS OF LITTLE GIFT SHOPS ,BOUTIQUES AND DRESS STORES, ONLY THING A GUY CAN DO IS WANDER OFF AND LOOK AT THE SEA LIONS FROM THE PIER(421)..JUST ABOUT WALKED OUT,WE HEADED BACK TO NORTH BEACH AND THE BAR FROM YESTERDAY-YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT? IT'S ALL GOING DOWN AGAIN TODAY,ONLY TODAY IS THE DECIDER..I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GAME HERE(422),,C'MON YOU GUYS I THOUGHT YOU WERE DIE HARD 'GIANTS' FANS BY NOW..ANYWAY,IF THE 'GIANTS' WIN TODAY THEY ARE THROUGH TO THE WORLD SERIES FINAL(EQUIVALENT TO OUR F.A. CUP FINAL) SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE HYSTERIA GOING ON IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW-LOOK AT THOSE FANS GO(423)(424)(425)-I'M SURE BOB'S GOING TO GET HIMSELF ONE OF THOSE HATS !! TICKETS FOR THE WORLD SERIES (A BEST OF 7 MATCHES THING) WHICH STARTS TOMORROW ARE GOING FOR 400 DOLLARS A THROW...AND IT WILL BE HEAVING,JUST DON'T MENTION THE DETROIT TIGERS IN THIS CITY..BY THE WAY,THE 'GIANTS' WON-NO WONDER THEY STARTED SERVING BEER IN PLASTIC CUPS IN THERE,WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TODAY AND SEE IF THE PLACE IS STILL STANDING.....