San Francisco is an interesting place. I kind of think it's one of those places that lives in it's own little world. There are alot of young people that live there, and on the Sunday that we were there, there was a walk/run event, and all these young people (when I say young, I mean my age +/ - 5-10 years) were dressed up in some very weird clothes. I'm talking really weird. Guys dressed up in cow costumes with utters in their manly regions, girls wearing tutu's, fishnets, spandex.....it was insane.
We went to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Oakland Temple, sat on a beach and watched people catch crabs, went to a MLB game,took a street car, went to Fishermans Warf and took a tour of Alcatraz. We also ventured out and took public transit (C-train) since there is very little parking in the city, and if you do park it's like $70-$80 per day. Taking public transit was probably the most entertaining part of the trip, which might sound sad, but it's not. Our hotel was the furthest south stop that the train took, and the further south we got, the weirder the people got. I have to tell you all about the crazy lady and the smelly man. The Crazy Lady was telling me all about her dog (which she had with her) and how the dog had a $300 coat and eats gourmet food, and how she spent $1500 on it's first birthday. Then I sat down and a black guy got on. There wasn't much room on the train, and she was taking up 3 seat what with her dog having one, her and then her purse on the other. The guy MUST have said something to her, because man oh man, I have never heard a freak out like that. In the next 15 minutes, no kidding she probably dropped the F-bomb like 100 times among all the other swears. She was telling him that he was lucky that her son is in prison (J-Rock was his name) or else he'd come after him and kill him. She went nuts. Beyond what you can imagine. The poor guy just stood there and took it, and told her she was crazy a few times. It was actually a little scary, it was night time and we were in a strange city, but looking back on it now, I can laugh. The other funny event was the smelly guy. Some of you may or may not know, but I have no sense of smell, so this didn't bother me, but still funny. The train has two cars attached, and at one stop this homeless guy gets in and immediatly everyone starts to cover their noses and turn their heads. After about 10 minutes, everyone had moved to the other car, including us. It was THAT bad. Ok, so maybe you had to be there, but seriously, it was funny. Here are some pictures to end this, I would recommend going, but seriously consider using public transportation, it's like $1.50 each way.
