Last day of 2012 on the Bay

Not really a boat person but looking out the window this morning the bay looked like glass and I’ve always wanted to go across to Oakland to where the Blue Bottle roastery is. Oakland does have a bit of a rep for being fairly rough so I was a bit nervous, especially when we were walking around under the freeway looking for Blue Bottle. The roastery was in an industrial area a couple of blocks from the bay with a tiny coffee bar in the corner. After our coffee we got the ferry back to San Francisco.

We went through a long canal out to the Bay passed a couple of the big container ships we always see out our window and got up close to the cranes.

It was pretty chilly on the water but very cool to go under the Bay Bridge and to see the city from the water.