The walk of death to a golden bridge

This weekend I did a lot of things for my standard. On Friday, it was decided that I could get half the day off, which gave me the chance to go visit places.

I took a bus from downtown to the Presidio park planning to walk around the park and explore it. Halfway through the trip, I decided I wanted to go see the Golden Gate Bridge since that's one thing I haven't done yet.

So the bus left me by the Palace of Fine Arts, from where you can see the bridge from a distance. There's this place called Crissy Fields that makes its way towards the bridge, so I decided it would be fun to actually walk to the bridge. Didn't seem so far away.

Crissy Fields, trip duration: 3.7 miles

After walking on the beach for a while, shoes full of sand, I decided I wanted to take an easier route. Basically it meant walking a couple yards to walk on pavement. So much easier.

Trip duration: 4 miles

The smartest thing anyone can do, is do this trip wearing the new shoes you bought the day before. My toes are twice the size they normally are and filled with soles. Hurts like a bitch. I should've thought that through before I left. But being this far, I didn't want to turn around so I decided to keep walking.

This was probably the savior of my day. Trip duration: 5 miles
Only 0.4 miles to go!

The final test was walking up 0.4 miles of stairs. It doesn't sound that bad, but I'd like to remind you that at this point my feet were numb and I could just feel the blood oozing from my heels. Makes me shudder just remembering it. 

Trip duration: 5.2 miles

And I finally at the base of the bridge!

No throwing missiles? There goes my weekend plans...

The happy ending

Saturday was another day for me to spend snooping around the city on my own. Letting my inner child get the best of me, I decided to go visit the San Francisco Zoo - a 30 minute train ride from where I live. I've never been on that side of San Francisco, where the fog appears every day. Lucky for me, there wasn't that much at the actual zoo, but there was a lot at the beach surrounding it.

Giraffes, antelope and zebras were kept in the same area, interacting with each other

So this is a nice shot of the "before" moment when the bird decided to come straight at us.. Some scary stuff right there

The lemurs were taking the day off

I loved how the seagull was standing there in one leg like no one would notice it didn't belong with the flamingos

So I watched this bobcat dig out a mouse from under the rock for a full 45 min

Made new friends :3

The beach by the zoo

I've realized that some things are really fun to do alone. Going to the zoo meant not being harassed to keep moving forwards. I could spend just as much time as I wanted watching the animals do their business (like the bobcat) and skip the ones that weren't really interesting. Shopping is another wonderful thing to do alone. But like everything, some are just meant to be shared with a friend. It's probably the one thing I miss about home. Lucky for me, my parents are coming to visit in about 3 weeks, so I have something to look forward to :3

But for now, it's time for the new Once Upon A Time episode!