While living by a city of destination, one might as well take advantage of the sites. I had some friends from home come to visit for the weekend, and we decided to play tourist for a day…

What’s one of the most touristy experiences San Francisco has to offer?

How about a bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge!

In under 10 miles past Fort Mason, the Marina, Chrissy Field and just a couple of small-ish hills, you arrive to the adorable town of Sausalito!

Perfect weather to grab a beer and take in the view of the Bay to the skyline!

If the ride over is enough for the day, you have the option to take the ferry back. Of course, this was the option we took. No shame. It is actually a fun opportunity. Even passed Alcatraz. It was the closest I’ve ever been, and I must say, it is definitely creepier looking than I expected. I might reconsider wanting to take a tour there haha.

I’d recommend looking up the ferry schedule and arriving early. We just headed over after the restaurant, and had to wait in a huge line. The fact that it was a holiday weekend also probably didn’t help. If we do decide to go again, I’d like to start earlier in the day. With more hours in the day, we could have taken a path through the redwoods and into Tiburon. That would have been nice as well, but our adventure seemed to be just enough for all of us.

One of the best parts, was that since we looked ridiculous in our stylish helmets and rented bikes, so many people kept asking where we were from. Could have made up some silly foreign scenario, but I think we just have too much NorCal pride. “Yaaa, we’re actually from here (or better yet, Tahoe!) ” And of course, they’re all just jealous 😛