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Above The Balclutha at Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco Palace of Legion of Honor in San Francisco Chilean Palms at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens Visit Skywatch Friday for more great sky photography.

Artisan bakers entertain the tourists at Boudin's Sourdough on Jefferson Street in Fisherman's Wharf. St. Peter and Pauls Church on Washington Square in North Beach, where I was baptized way too many decades ago :) The San Francisco Botanical Gardens water fowl pond. The Balclutha at Hyde Street Pier. Travel the world by clicking the above widget at Sundays in my City.

Princess Cruise ships docked at Pier 35 in San Francisco Bay. Pier 35 docks. View of the Balclutha and the Hyde Street Pier vessels from Aquatic Park. The Hercules. The Hercules. The Eureka Ferry Boat. Entrance to the Eureka Ferry Boat at Hyde Street Pier.

At over three hundred feet in length and one hundred and forty five feet in height, the Balclutha is a major attraction housed at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. It has just returned home from a Winter’s dry dock. Launched in Glasgow, Scotland in 1886 this square rigged cargo ship was built to carry everything from grain to fish to lumber and much more worldwide. Over two dozen seafaring crew members are needed to handle the ship while on a voyage. It is housed along with other seafaring vessels at Hyde Street Pier right off of Aquatic Park . Before the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge , the Hyde Street pier was the main ferry terminal between San Francisco and Marin. It is now a part of the San Francisco Maritime Park Association . The pier is open to the public and offers tours of their ships. There is an annual Hyde Street Pier festival for tourists and locals alike. Touring the ships is not only a learning experience...