Day 2: Water!

Today was water filled.

We started the day at a less inspiring and visionary breakfast locale- but it was much more cost effective.

It was just breakfast.

We decided to by the San Francisco City Pass, as it had tickets to several of the museums we wanted to go to, plus a week of unlimited MUNI.  (The bus!)   We started with the aquarium.

Kirk got a shark tooth by answering a trivia question correctly.  He's pretty thrilled about it. 

It was a pretty neat little aquarium.  There were a lot of neat details, and the staff was informative and fun.  

Like these jellyfish lights!

Our awesome "we paid" stamps.

Pretty!

There was a pool where you could touch things. The stingrays were slippery, and the shark felt like sandpaper.  Cathy neither confirms or denies accidentally dipping her purse in the pool while petting a sea cucumber.

They also had a long tunnel filled with different types of sea life.

I love this shark. 

Cathy admiring all the fish.

So pretty.  So poisonous. 

We also learned that the octopus is kind of terrifyingly smart and crafty.  They showed a video of him opening a jar to get a tasty crab, and all the tight spots that an octopus can squeeze in.  The one they had was a beautiful orange.  They had a dead fish in a water bottle for him, but he did not show off any of his jar opening tricks while we were there.

Isn't he beautiful? 

After the aquarium, we took a Blue and Gold cruise, which was narrated.  It was neat to hear all the fun facts.  We went under the Golden Gate bridge, then over by Alcatraz.  That was actually really neat, because we had not seen the other side of the island yesterday. 

View of San Francisco

Chocolate!

Our buddy

On da boat!

Golden Gate Bridge

We decided that pizza was a great idea for lunch. 

After lunch, we hopped a bus to Haight-Ashbury district to take in the sights and poke around the second hand shops.  It was a busy area, but really fun.  The secondhand shops were excellent.  If you are in to vintage clothes, this is the place to be.  We stopped for coffee and enjoyed some people watching.

I need this outfit.

Latte

We were told that we just *had* to try Sutro's at the Cliff House while we were here, so we did!  Cathy had a steak, and Kirk had pork chops.  They were both tasty, but Cathy won.

We took the bus back, and we're rounding out the evening with trash TV and an early bedtime.