Day 11

We woke up to a naked man walking towards the bathroom, and then went upstairs to have our free breakfast of bagels and orange juice. Then we power-walked to the pier and boarded the ferry to Alcatraz! They spelled Courtney's last name wrong on the ticket as "Thomos" which is just ridiculous. Alcatraz was very interesting - we watched a short documentary and went on an audio tour of the prison which told about the daily lives of the inmates, including escape attempts, and life of the other families on the island. We then took the ferry back to shore, power-walked back to the hostel, and toured some unseen parts of the city in Toasty before we left for Big Sur. The drive today was supposed to be gorgeous but the thick fog hindered that. We had a few minor detours on the way but finally made our way to the River Valley Inn, a low-key, nice motel where we are currently enjoying a relaxing night and doing much-needed laundry.