A Few Clear Days on San Francisco Bay
Another clear day on the Bay — no fog, which I gather is not guaranteed even in March — so the whole day stayed along the water. Started at the marina near the St. Francis breakwater, where the tide was out far enough to leave the pilings standing in wet sand, and Alcatraz sat across the channel looking closer than it is. The cellhouse and lighthouse read plainly from shore; couldn't tell whether the sailboats crossing in front of the island were headed anywhere or just out because of the weather.
Walked the shoreline west until Fort Point came out from under the bridge's south tower, then went up Lincoln Boulevard into the Presidio to the Golden Gate Overlook, where two old cypress trees frame the towers dead-on and there are wooden benches for sitting with it. Sat.
Came back by way of the Palace of Fine Arts. The draped figures up on the colonnade face inward, so from the ground all you get is their backs. Exploratorium banners hung on the lampposts below — "for the curious ones."
