Today went as planned, we set off about 10.40 and got the number 2 bus to Presidio & California Street, walked around the corner caught a 43 to Presidio Transit café where there was just enough time to have a coffee before getting on the Presidio Go Hills route shuttle bus down to Baker Beach. From there we walked part of the Lobos Creek Trail that has lots of native plants. There are lots of dragonflies around here of all different kinds and we even spotted a couple of lizards scampering about. Apart from one other person, we were the only ones around here. Just across the road from the trail, it's only a short walk to Baker Beach and the old gun emplacements of Battery Chamberlin which was interesting to look round. These guns could fire miles out to sea and were built in a second world war. From this beach, you get spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Next on the list was to catch the 29 bus then change to a number 1 bus to see
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California Street Steps which are a tiled mosaic staircase at the end of the road, from the top you can almost all the way down this road for about 10 miles. Just round the corner is a CVS shop so got some drink, from there we then caught the 38R to Lands End, as the name would suggest you can't go any further than this, but here was the USS San Francisco Memorial and more amazing views along the coast.
We now had a stroll down along the seafront with a stop for a coffee in the National Park Service cafe then dropped into Safeway for some snacks for later, just across the road from here is the bus stop and by now it was about 5.30 so jumped on the 5R that was just about to leave back to Market Street to get something to eat Carl Jr's and back at the hotel about 7 pm.
