Coit Tower

After Zach finished his first day at the VMware conference, we ventured up to the northern part of the city to check out Coit Tower (see map below), but not before eating some tasty Italian food.







After dinner we continued north. As we walked, the sidewalks got steeper and steeper...and steeper (a stellar opportunity to walk off all those carbs), until we finally got to the stairs that led to the tower.




Then...more walking (or in this case, stair climbing) until we finally reached the top where we experienced the most amazing 360 degree view of San Francisco. We stayed up there for over an hour photographing every angle of the tower and it's homage to Christopher Columbus (the statue). After a while, I got really cold so I went inside the base of the tower where I learned about Lillie Hitchcock Coit - the tower's namesake - and her dynamic, often eccentric, life. I was also able to view the vibrantly colored murals painted along the circular walls of the first floor.

















Eventually, I warmed up, so I headed back outside to watch the sun set with Zach. The beauty of a digital camera is you can take a hundred photos of the same thing and not feel one bit guilty for wasting film. And that's exactly what Zach and I did; capturing picture after picture of essentially the same thing. Adjusting the f-stop on our cameras or changing the shutter speed until the sun finely dipped below the horizon.