Golden Gate Bridge

Any trip to San Francisco should include the Golden Gate Bridge; if you choose not to cross it there is no way to avoid seeing it.  Well, I suppose you could be treated to San Fran fog and get to see nothing.  I know that the Golden Gate Bridge is seen as one of California's great landmarks, but I never appreciated how iconic it was until this trip.  The bridge is the prominent feature of the area; while this post is focused on when we hiked it, other posts will include shots that feature the great red suspension bridge.  Although the bay bridge is longer, it does not compare to the Golden Gate.  It can be seen from all over the central bay - San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley.  No matter how far away we were, the Golden Gate Bridge always seemed larger than life.

We elected to hike across it- I say hike, not walk, because it is over 1.5 miles long or more than 3 to go across and back.  Hiking the bridge provided a much better pfoto taking experience as well.  We also got unbelievably lucky with the weather; the skies were blue with dotted clouds while across the bay in Berkeley/Oakland it was raining.  Below are pictures of the bridge and from the bridge.

A picture before the hike after we parked with GG in the background. 

A Bumblebee hanging out on flowers at the beginning of the bridge.

A look up on e of the main cables.

A shot of the arch support.

During the hike along the bridge, taken between the towers.

View straight up the second tower.

Elise taking in the city view.

A shot back towards where we started.

We took the tripod along the hike, I think this was the only shot we used it for
(the camera/tripod almost fell down in the wind).

Elise got a nice shot of the sun shining down on the bridge towards the end of the hike out.