Dec 30. Day 7. Lombard Crooked Street.  And a Walk to Crissy Field.

I only have 2 places to see today – Crissy Field and the Lombard Crooked Street. The Lombard Crooked Street is a popular local attraction in the area, and is on the way to Crissy Field by foot. It’s about a 4mi trek rom the hotel.  I wanted to see Crissy Field and scout the area for tomorrow’s event.

It’s cold, cloudy, and wet today. Didn’t realize I would be traversing the hilly streets of San Francisco to get to Lombard Street. Just getting there was already a workout, and I was just walking at a leisure pace. Whew. The bottom of this popular tourist attraction is at Lombard and Jones St, the top at Lombard and Hyde St. Cars would drive by from the top to the bottom at a snail pace, slower than a walking pace. People were taking pictures from the bottom, and also from the top. I wonder who had the idea to build this street, and the rationale behind.

Continued my trek to the bay area, following the San Francisco Bay Trail path, passing by Fort Mason Center, the Marina Yacht Harbor, and finally, Crissy Field. What a long walk this has been. There’s a light mist and fog hiding the full view of the Golden Gate Bridge from this distance. Walked around the lagoon where the event would take place tomorrow. There’s a Sports Basement right in the far end corner of the lagoon, by the street side. It has all kinds of stuff, gears and clothing for running, biking, swimming, skiing, camping, and team sports. Nice big store right in the corner of the park.

Couldn’t take the trek back to the hotel so I requested for Uber from my phone app. Just in time for dinner when I got back to the hotel. Bought a meal to-go from a Thai restaurant at the corner street at the back of the hotel, and settled in the room. Prepared my gear, keeping only the essentials for tomorrow’s event and kept the rest in the luggage. Upon check-out tomorrow, I’d leave the luggage at the hotel for overnight storage. Thanks to Victor (Front Desk staff), Joanne (Front Desk supervisor), and Joe (Bell Desk supervisor), for allowing the overnight storage.

After a bottle of beer after dinner, this is it for today. Goodnight.