Remember how I mentioned that when Hot Rocks plans something...he likes to really cover a lot of territory? Well, we hadn't even hit 1pm yet and we were already at our third stop for the day.
Can I just tell you how thankful I am at times like these that I do not have babies.....I will just leave it at that.
It was just a hop, skip & a jump over to Fort Point from Crissy Field. The road that you take down to Crissy Field dead ends into Fort Point. The U.S. Army Engineers began construction in 1853 and completed the work in 1861 as a means to protect the SF Bay.
GO Army Engineers! Hot Rocks was in the Army and was part of the Engineer Corp...a little mindless trivia about the him. Just thought you should know.
You can read more about the history of the Fort here.
I shot from the hip while taking this picture of my Dad.
It was one of those annoying things that one of his favorite daughters was doing that day. He was trying to take "family" pictures - you know how those go!
Hot Rocks took over the photography next.....can I just speak for myself, Karrie and my Dad....our cheeks were SO SORE! He had us posing, smiling and waiting while the perfect background boat appeared behind us on the water.
He wanted us to have the PERFECT picture of the three of us - he was sooo detail-oriented - it was funny! Love him!
I forgot to take a picture of the outside of the building...when you walk in, it is three (3) stories high and there is BRICK everywhere.
I was slightly envious of all the brick. Buildings like these are just amazing and to imagine that there were cannons sitting on top of this structure....makes you wonder - how in the world did they get them up there? It isn't like they had the equipment that we do today - the man muscle that it took!
The wind didn't let up.....
as you can see....
neither did Pook's sense of humor....
Even if there are guard rails all around, I still get nervous and my heart starts to race when any of the kids are near a steep drop off.
Someone should take my blood pressure when I am with the kids beside the Snake River! Talk about a steep drop off - NEVER to return alive!
Mem is just as happy as a lark - just dancing around like a little butterfly on the spots that the cannons were on....
We went down a flight to take a group shot - one of these days I will invest in a ZOOM lens!
If you walk inside that open door on the left on the picture above, you will see examples of the bunks, uniforms
and different living quarters that were available to the men. I loved looking down the open-door hallway that connected all of these rooms.
We went downstairs (bottom level) to view a documentary film of how the Golden Gate Bridge was built. It was about an hour and very interesting.
This shot was taken from the top of Fort Point. You are sitting right under the bridge when you are up there.
Pook has a fetish with gift shops - to put it plainly, he LOVES them! Our last stop was the gift shop, he didn't get anything this time - {OOPS! he forgot his $ at home} but I am always on the look out for books to add to our homeschooling experience....
obviously, I wanted to remember this book so that I could look it up later - so glad I took a picture of it!
Don't worry the day isn't over YET - still more to come!
Oh yes and the candlelight tour this winter will be cold and cool all at the same time. Love how the doorway picture turned out!
Posted by: hot rocks | September 15, 2009 at 07:57 PM