精华 San Francisco, California!

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(1) San Mateo, California (Mar 11 2006)
20 miles south of San Francisco, and 30 miles north of the Silicon Valley - San Jose

 

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(2) US-101 Hwy northbound towards San Francisco, California (Mar 11 2006)

 

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(3) Daly City 拥挤丑陋的盒子房.

 

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(4) Downtown San Francisco in the cool early spring.

 

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(5) Downtown San Francisco, King Street, just off Hwy-280 (Mar 11 2006)

 

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(6) Bay Bridge. The long bridge links San Francisco to the east side of the San Francisco Bay (cities such as Oakland and Berkeley).
This Bridge is also part of Inter State 80.

 

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(7) Downtown San Francisco, "The Embarcadero" Street, the waterfront street. (Mar 11 2006)

 

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(8) Downtown San Francisco, the waterfront to the Bay. (Mar 11 2006)

 

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(9) Pier 3 @ San Francisco Bay

 

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(10) Sea Lions basking in the cold early spring afternoon, at Pier 39,
the popular public marketplace. (Mar 11 2006)

 

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(11) The City of San Francisco, from the waterfront at Pier 39

 

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(12) Over crowded hill city - San Francisco has long grown out of space.

 

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(13) San Francisco's tallest and best looking building:
Transamerica Pyramid (260M / 853 feet, 48 stories, 1972).
The extensions at the side are the elevator shafts.
I suppose it is the 2nd landmark architecture in SF only behind the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

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(14) $2.659 per gallon on Mar 12, 2006.
California gasoline prices are among the highest in the nation.

 

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(15) Rain is coming. Mar 12, 2006