TITLEJoel traveled to SF by ferry and passed old docksThe downtown ferry building, a great community space and marketI am back on the bay, headed for AlcatrazBobby Kennedy closed the inefficient prison in 1962Seeing the bridges and the city must have made confinement worseA typical cell for one of the 275 prisonersNot much human contact at visitationThese days, Alcatraz offers great views . . .and attractive floraLand's End, on the far west of the cityJoel was in town during Pride weekendNot MinnesotaJean and I had an apartment in the Sunset neighborhoodBeautiful domestic facadesThe terrific Asian Art MuseumDowntown, the "painted ladies," and Alamo ParkThe flowering shrubbery rivalled the architectureDSC05027A shop keeper playfully demonstrated his monitorsThe view from Corona HeightsDSC05023The Castro neighborhoodDSC05030