Day 2 - Golden Gate Bridge and then we sail

Terry's 'bucket list' includes running across the Golden Gate Bridge. Today we can check that off the list!  To get there, we successfully navigated the city bus system, including transfers, with a cost of only $4 total; a taxi roundtrip would have cost us about $40! Just minutes after we got off the bus, we saw the Sapphire Princess sailing beneath the bridge coming into port to pick us up.! Our timing was great. Terry ran across the bridge and Joyce walked and snapped pictures, and the weather was surprisingly great! No fog, just a breeze and lots of sunshine. We couldn't have asked for anything better. The bridge is 1.7 miles long and connects San Francisco with Marin County. The walkway on the bridge floats 220 feet above San Francisco Bay and the towers rise to 746 feet above the water. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1937.

Now it's time to head over to the ship and this afternoon we will sail beneath the bridge as we head to the South Pacific.

Bon Voyage!