No matter how much ground I’ve covered, there always seemed to be more to explore in San Francisco. I for some reason, always thought of the Golden Gate Park to be San Francisco’s largest park, it’s definitely large, just besting New York’s Central Park in overall area and bison, but the Presidio is larger and while it’s not a park in the traditional sense, it does have miles of hiking trails, a log cabin, historical buildings, George Lucas and a pet cemetery. Oh, and some pretty breathtaking views in the entire state.
I just had to explore the unfamiliar parts of the Presidio, but that dang Golden Gate Bridge emerging from the fog made me take a detour to take some photos. I don’t think it’s possible to tire of the Golden Gate Bridge and I doubt I’m the only one thinking that all the fog surrounding it only increases its beauty. As I walked out along the ridge-line to get a better view, I found that I was right above Fort Point. Fort Point is one of my favorite places in the Presidio. I said good-bye to the Golden Gate bridge and went for a long overdue visit to one of my very favorite spots in the entire world. Fort Point is located directly on the south side of the Golden Gate and it overlooks the narrow strait from the Pacific Ocean to the San Francisco bay. By-the-way, Golden Gate refers to the land on either side of the strait and not the strait itself.
Since the gold rush made San Francisco wealthy and populous, Fort Point was developed by the US Army around 1850 to be the key defense point along the Pacific coast just in-case invaders materialized, which they never did. As I headed back to one of the best hotels San Francisco has to offer, I remembered that Fort Point was the setting for the Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller ‘Vertigo‘ starring Jimmy Stewart. I wonder if I can order that movie in my hotel room?
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