(This picture is blurry because Matt took it. I swear.)
I love Alcatraz! I hadn't been there for 8 years, and Matt had never been there, and a friend who was in town had never been there, and, well, it was our next walk, so yesterday we decided to head out into the bay.
Although this card and pretty much everything else about Alcatraz tells you to buy boat tickets in advance, we figured it was not peak season and it wasn't supposed to be a very nice day and we checked online Friday night and none of the boats were sold out and I was too tired to make a decision, so we figured we'd just wing it the next day. When we showed up to the boat dock at about 12:40, the line was horrendous and not moving. There were only two boats left for the day. So our friend tried to get online with her phone to purchase tickets. It was not working. Meanwhile, the group in front of us succeeded in getting through on the phone and were nice enough to provide us with the phone number.
I scored the last 3 tickets of the day.
They immediately announced that the tours were sold out. Too bad for the people at the front of the line! Matt and Jackie were so excited you would have thought we'd won the lottery.
Anyway, Alcatraz is cool. Military prison; federal penitentiery featuring Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and the Birdman; fun escape attempt stories; Indian occupation; future replacement site for Gitmo...
(I must give props to Matt for this awesome picture.)
Pictures on the inside available on Picasa.
The boat ride and visit is a bit pricey at $26, but I think it's worth checking out at least once. If not for the history, then for the spectacular views of the city, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Marin.
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