San Francisco, Day Two, Alcatraz Edition

The weather report said that it was 52 degrees yesterday morning, but if that was true, it was a 52 degrees unlike any other Kim & I have experienced in our lives. In line to board the boat, we both shed all the layers we'd dressed in (as instructed by the Alcatraz website) and stood for an hour slowly getting both sun and wind burnt (and enjoying ourselves, somehow). The ferry ride itself was rather short and before we knew it we were pulling into the dock at Alcatraz.

The first building you come to is the Barrack/Apartment building for Alcatraz staff. There's a prominent sign announcing the island as a US Penitentiary with red writing scrawled across that saying "Indians Welcome". This mystified us until we actually got on the island took the tour. The Island was apparently the sight of an American Indian uprising in the 1960/70s. A group of Indigenous People took over the island for approximately 19 months and claimed it as Indian land. They were eventually removed, but the occupation did lead to changes in the US policy toward Native Americans.
We saw way too much to record here, but a few highlights include: Kim in a cell:

Kim in the Hole!

And later, Kim stuck in a pot:


You can check out more photos on my Flickr page.