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If you guys follow me onInstgramandTwitter(and if you don't, you should) you probably saw my pictures from my trip to the Bay Area a few weeks ago. I meant to post about this trip sooner, but I got busy at work. I had a blast! I went and visited my friend Ruby; she visited me last July and I wanted to return the favor.
I've been to California before, but never the Bay Area and I feel like I saw most of it on this trip. I'm actually going to split the trip up into a few posts so I don't overwhelm y'all with pictures on this one.
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I had an early flight out of Houston on Thursday morning, so I had to wake up at 3:30 in the morning (after like 2 hours of sleep) and after a slight snafu with Super Shuttle I made it to the airport and made it through TSA in 15 minutes! I had a quick layover in Phoenix and barely made it to my next flight, but I did and was in Oakland by 9am. I worked a bit that day, but Ruby and I went out for Mexican that night and hung out in the San Leandro area.
Friday was a full day, we went to visit Angel Island, Alcatraz and had drinks and appetizers at this quaint spot in San Francisco.
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Angel Island is an old military base that is now a national park and it was beautiful there! We did a riding tour and saw some of the old buildings and homes (that some park rangers are now living in), and we even got a chance to see some of the wildlife up close. So many deer and eucalyptus trees y'all. We ended up booking a double tour and got to tour Alcatraz next.
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The intake area.
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We did an audio tour and the photo above is of the 4 officers who were narrating and the one below is of the 4 inmates who narrating.
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I had to get one in the cell.
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One of the first black men employed at the Rock.
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So close to San Francisco, but so far.
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The warden's homeor what's left of it.
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My shadow while taking a few pictures of the officers' area.
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I've seen many movies about Alcatraz and I've even visited/toured other prisons and detention centers but none of that prepared me for the tour of the Rock that day.
Stay tuned later this week when I share the other part of my trip.
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