into the sea
The bay bridge from the pier
Awesome winter weather
Old Warehouses by the piers
giant ship!
The reflecting bay area
The San Francisco skyline
The Bay bridge in the wild
The bay side marinas
Ahhoy alcatraz on Horizon!
Chuggin along
We came from there!
Approaching the rock
It's like no man's land
The alcatraz docks
Anchoring the boat by the berth
Aye off the clipper matey!
Welcome Indians!
The main holding areas by the docks
Our guide for the day!
Apparently all the guides are volunteers
mostly retirees offering their time as guides for the national parks
moving along the prison walk
Many of the derelict buildings around
The Social Hall, destroyed by fire during the Native American occupation
The now-abandoned prison
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Often referred to as "The Rock"
alcatraz served as a military fortification
as well as a federal and military prison
The morgue
Inside the morgue
Adjacent buildings
The main prison building
Lets go to jail!
Who goes in never comes out! wahahaha!
And so the story begins
The main shower areas
Change of clothes anyone?
The open shower areas
Open toilets included!
The queue lines in starts here
where you will be given these audio guides
lock and load!
inside the prison compound
The cells are actually quite spacious
The multi-tier prison network
thick bars, designed to keep stuff in!
the guide brings you along various key points
in the prison