The morning markets open!
people unloading goods for the day
but 1st, a visit to a nearby musuem
The Cablecar museum!
along Washington Street
The entrance
yup, it's the right museum alright!
Active as in live
WIth high speed cable pulls in operation
The museum's an active cable station too
old collections of decommissioned cable cars
History of how it started
and trolleys alike!
and the lines going underground
overview of the cable pull
the cable car as the name suggest
the original cable car operators
do not have engines on board
subterranean view of the undergound cables
spinning!
All thanks to the inventor
but are pulled uphills up cables
spun in this very building
yup, the real stuff!
old day tickets
the small museum section of the building
schematic of how the cables run
on the bus for more exploration
it's packed already!
weekend markets and bargains!
totally buzzing market atmosphere
trying out the local lunch!
food's a bargain too
see you chinatown
back at Chinatown
Next stop
The palace of fine arts!
located in the Marina District of San Francisco
The palace pond and fountains
breathtaking views
The palace is in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
a monumental structure originally constructed...
for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition exhibition
what do we have here
the Exploratorium science museum
Next up along the san francisco Piers
art by the pierside marinas
the bay aquarium
looking crabby there!
2 animals of each type