Hi all
OK - we are at The Main Event
We had a massive day today.
PPE officially opens tomorrow at 10am - we are booked into the Embassy Suites at San Rafael - the rooms here are EXCELLENT and the hotel is very nice.
The rooms have seperate living and beds - Nancy is gunna crash on the lounge because he reckons I snore
Looking down into the hotel lobby and bar area.
We drove ( well I did ) into SFO city this morning and spent a few hours around Pier 39 and Fishermans Wharf where we were able to check out the Musee Mechanique Museum - it is a large building in prime position near Pier 39 that has loads of VERY VERY old amusement machines and some new ones....it is worth taking a 30 second detour and spending 20 minutes or more looking around.
I was able to get some stunning photos going across the Golden Gate Bridge on the way over it - this is the best one.
This actually shows you the fog on the bridge we just came in on - see the top of the bridge tower in the photo - above the sailing boat on the right !
We found parking relatively easily in the area and we wandered around like typical tourists, had a feed at Hard Rock Cafe and headed back to San Rafael around 2.30pm.
Alcatraz Prison Island in the background.
This is the entry to the old time musuem - I asked the attendant how they fund the place as it is right on the water in a very expensive part of SFO and he said that the quarters pay for everything - so a LOT of people must pass through here and play the old machines !
Inside you will find these odd things.....
This kinda reminded me of our trip - sums the whole experience up nicely - the worn out / exhausted man sick of the whinging screaming kid
Along the way a little further there is a tourist trap called Pier 39 - LOADS of eatery's and some cool shops in there - worth checking out if you come here.
A view of the city from within Pier 39
NED FLANDERS LIVES !
Inside an EXCELLENT NFL store on Pier 39- LOADS of stuff in here.
SFO is not as difficult to drive around and through as I recall - we headed back to the hotel and at 6pm tonight we head for the pre-opening party of PPE
