Muir Woods and Alcatrez

We took a tour of Muir Woods where we were able to see Redwoods. The Coast Redwoods are the tallest living things in the world. They can get over 200 feet tall and over 14 feet wide.













We saw a black tailed mule deer there.

Then, we went to a cool little town along the bay called Sausalito.






Then, we went to Alcatrez...







It was very interesting to hear about all of the escape attempts and such. You toured the former prison with your own headset with 4 former inmates and 4 former guards as your hosts. It was very well done. The most interesting thing to me was that when we got there, we thought that it wasn't such a bad place. You had a great view of the bay and San Francisco. That's what one of the inmates on the tape said was the worst part. You could see what you were missing in life. In fact, you were only 1 and 1/2 miles away from it, yet you could never taste it. From what I gathered, losing your freedom is the worst part about being in prison.