Sea Views on trip to Alcatraz Island, SF USA

Sailing!  Always reminds me of the days on the boat with my husband. 

Sailboat crossing under the Oakland bridge 

Remember Jonathan Seagull in the 60's; here he is!  

View of the Golden Gate from Alcatraz 

Alcatraz Island, first a military installation, then a penitentenary then an American Indian preserve, now
a museum  under the National Park Service 





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