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A Quick Trip Across the Bay (4/6/26)

After a quiet Easter in Oakland with a trip to the gym, a couple of dog walks, and a walk to the local Farmer’s Market, including a couple of tasty pastries, Bob and I decided to take the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) one stop over to the Embarcadero station in San Francisco. This was a super easy trip, as the West Oakland station is literally a walk across two parking lots from the house and we had our pick of trains going west across the bay, as they all stop at the Embarcadero Station.

Our neighborhood BART station

The Embarcadero section of San Francisco lies along San Francisco Bay and is probably most famously known for the Ferry Building, the various piers, and Fisherman’s Wharf. We saw a bit of the waterfront but also checked out a few new (to us) parks in the area as we continue to increase Bob’s walking stability and endurance.

“R-Evolution” statue by Marco Cochrane, 2015,
in front of the Ferry Building.
A bocce court along the plaza in front of the Ferry Building
A Keith Haring-esque statue,
and it could be by him as we didn’t find any signage.
The busy family-oriented Sue Bierman Park across from Pier One.
Another view of the park
The Pier One building
A map of downtown San Francisco,
posted on one of a number of public toilets that we passed
Ferry Park across the street from Sue Bierman Park
Some pretty flowers
Ditto
The public promenade along the bay
Boats in the bay for public cruises
Looking back towards the bridge to Oakland and Alameda Island, which lies in the bay between Oakland and San Francisco
Klamath, a historic ferry boat built in 1925,
which now serves as the headquarters for the Bay Area Council
A decorated utility box

We also stumbled on North Park which had a number of sculptures.

“Big Heart on the Rock,” by Jim Dine, 1984.
Looking across the small park
towards the famous TransAmerica Tower
“Fountain of Four Seasons,” by Francois Stahly,
winner of the Golden Gateway Sculpture Competition 1962.
“Portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe,” by Marisol Escobar.

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