Oregon Coast - Gleneden Beach

Juvenile Muskrats at Muskrat Park

Maxie at the beach

Sealions on the far beach

The Pacific

Siletz Bay, tide coming in

Salishan Spa & Golf Resort

Newport Beach, CA -to- San Francisco, CA -to- Salem, OR

A picturesque drive up the Pacific Coast Highway or the "1"

Sunrise over Malibu

Lots of curves and winding roads on the PCH

Hit major traffic near San Francisco

Maxie in Chinatown

Our hotel in Chinatown - the largest Chinatown outside of Asia and the oldest Chinatown in North America

The piers in San Francisco

Empty pier that Ross feels "would be a great CrossFit space"

A San Francisco Cable Car

Alcatraz model

A view of the Island from our vantage point inside the cruise boat

The entrance to Alcatraz
(Note:  Alcatraz Island was occupied from 1969-1971 by Native American activists to protest federal policies related to American Indians and the graffiti still remains)

Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles offshore and referred to as "The Rock".  It has a lighthouse (the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast), was a military post, a military prison, and a federal prison.  It became a National Historical Landmark in 1986.

The watchtower

A scary Smokey the Bear peers down from one of the windows

An artsy Ross pic

Nesting gulls

During the 29 years it was in use, Alcatraz held notorious criminals such as Al Capone, Mickey Cohen, Whitey Bulger, and Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz)

Prisoner check-in at Alcatraz

These showers don't offer a lot of privacy

Three story cell blocks - corridors were named after major American streets (Michigan Avenue here)

Prison cells typically measured 9 feet long by 5 feet wide by 7 feet high

The prison library

The recreation yard - prisoners got one hour of recreation time each week

Hospital room

Rooms for the mentally ill patients

Seagulls were everywhere on Alcatraz - patrolling the rooftops

We noticed this hummingbird on the island and overhead British folks refer to it as a "honey eater"

SFO at night

Pedi-cab ride back from the docks to Chinatown

It is probably a good thing you can't see what Ross was trying to capture in the park across the street from the hotel.  Rats, hundreds and hundreds of rats that came out at night.  It was horrifying.

Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper downtown San Francisco (Financial District)

Bay Bridge

Through central and northern California on the way back to Salem, OR

Maxie is ready to get back to Salem

Siskiyou Pass between CA and OR

End of trip - now 2,440 miles on Penny

"Hooray, back to my bed and stuffed animals!"