When my brother and his girlfriend Celeste visited in June, we decided to
do the most specific San Francisco-based tourist attraction - Alcatraz.
It turned out to be remarkably cool.
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Forrest Gump I swear, that's what my brother drew.
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Forrest Gump, II Over and over and over again...
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Tim Bad contrast, but you can see some city behind me.
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Alcatraz Off in the distance. We'll be there soon!
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Alcatraz Again Again Again Okay, we're almost there!
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Warning Persons procuring or concealing escape of prisoners are subject to prosecution and imprisonment.
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The Dock A large batch of tourists were waiting for our ship so they could return to the mainland. It's an efficient setup.
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Patiently Waiting Checking out old pictures while they were at it.
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Multiple Levels I'm sure this was a known "street", but I didn't know what their names were.
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Visitor Room The prisoners were on one side, the guests on the other.
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Outside I took some time off in the middle of the tour to take some shots outside.
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Administration Building The outside was pretty neat on its own.
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Back Inside Look at the fake head! It was there to show off how the effective escape worked.
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Tourists We were far from alone in that place.
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Breakfast Menu Ah, dorm food!
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Finishing the Tour I finished a few minutes before Danny and Celeste, so I got to take a couple of final pictures.
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