WanderKids at Golden Gate Bridge 2009
Posted on | January 22, 2009 | 13 Comments
When I posted about visiting San Francisco for Thanksgiving last year, I showed the photos we’d taken of our boys with the Golden Gate bridge in the background on previous trips. This has become a family tradition which we were hoping to be able to continue on this trip. Well, we did get a photo, but from the south side of the bridge – whereas all our previous photos had been taken from the north.
The reason why is simple: public transportation. San Francisco has a great bus, tram and train network, which we used every day – and found easy to use, easy to navigate and cheap. But it was not easy to take a public bus over the Golden Gate Bridge on a Sunday – and still have time to do anything else. We considered compromising on our ‘public transit only‘ goal, but in the end decided that a photo from the other side of the bridge would serve just as well.
CAM, Golden Gate Bridge, 2009
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January 22nd, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
Great picture. You should tell me next time you are in town and I could play tour guide if you need one.
January 22nd, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
What a lovely travel tradition! Thanks for sharing.
January 22nd, 2009 @ 8:47 pm
That’s weird. I don’t remember the sun ever coming out while you were here!
January 22nd, 2009 @ 10:27 pm
The bridge makes an awesome backdrop every time.
I have this picture of my son and I in front of the bridge on our fridge, and I’m looking at it the other day and even though it seems like just yesterday, he already looks so much older 🙁
January 23rd, 2009 @ 1:34 am
Hey that’s my bridge! 😉 Love the Golden Gate bridge, brings back so many happy memories of home!
January 23rd, 2009 @ 7:22 am
Yes, sun in January? Oh, to live anywhere but Seattle…
January 23rd, 2009 @ 8:53 am
What a treasure! Those photos are fab!
January 23rd, 2009 @ 10:05 am
Great photos. I’ve always wanted to see Golden Gate. Love the matching red t-shirts 🙂
January 23rd, 2009 @ 11:08 am
Love the pictures! I love little traditions like that. It will be a nice thing for your kids to have when they are older! We adore San Fran!
January 24th, 2009 @ 9:17 am
As much as I love bridges myself, maybe the bridge-in-the-background tradition is one I should start!
Thanks for sharing
January 27th, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
I hear ya about MUNI (SF’s public transportation system). Sometimes it runs like a clock and sometimes it don’t.
I wrote a book, “50 Greatest Photo Opportunities in San Francisco.” In the book I give directions for using the bus to all 50 places. Figuring all of that out was a chore.
–Matt Bamberg
Author, http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Photo-Opportunities-San-Francisco/dp/1598638009
February 1st, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
Cute wee ones !
the bridge is pretty amazing alright
February 5th, 2009 @ 6:06 pm
This is such a great post. I really love family traditions and this one
seems so meaningful as well as being fun!