Fireworks dinner cruise

As we were going to be in San Francisco during July 4th 2013, Carol, after some research, found a dinner cruise and I loved the idea of being out on the water watching the fireworks rather than being in a huge crowd on the streets. She booked a table for four.

So it was that a day that began at the Ferry Building at sunrise and continued through a morning visit to the Botanical Gardens followed by lunch in Noe Valley, wound up again near the Ferry Building before sunset as we stepped aboard our vessel for the four hour cruise. We paid a premium to have a window table. There was a duo-excellent guitarist and a girl singer entertaining us. Four courses were served at half-hour intervals so one was free to get up and walk out on deck and enjoy the sights around the bay.

We sailed close to Alcatraz  then over to the sheltered bay at Tiburon. From there out to the Golden Gate Bridge before returning to a midway point between the two downtown firework display areas to anchor.

Here's a video from the cruise.......pardon the occasional wind noise.