After we left Trey we headed north to Muir Woods. Our path took us right across the Golden Gate Bridge. It happened to be Fleet Week so the bay was full of sailboats and an air show was in progress. And just as we were approaching the famous fog started rolling in. It was not a constant fog bank but kind of rolled in as giant fingers. It made for an interesting ride across the bridge in and out of fog. The picture below hopefully captures what I’m trying to describe.

Golden Gate in partial fog. Note freighter just making it’s way under the bridge.

We didn’t encounter as many “California Characters” as on some of my previous trips. Perhaps this is because we didn’t spend any real time in San Francisco. But after we crossed the bridge we did pull over at an overlook for pictures and got one of this guy’s car. From the looks of it he had multiple agendas.

From here it was 20 miles or so to Muir Woods which contains one of the last pockets of giant coastal redwoods. The road in was steep and winding and parking was an issue but after circling the lot for a few minutes we managed to find a spot. The redwoods did not disappoint. It so happens the first delegates to the United Nations met here in 1946 for an outdoor memorial service for FDR who had just recently passed away. I got a picture of Jackson at that spot.

FDR Memorial Site