of Good Friends that are “Rock” Solid

March 19, 2007 by Brian.

After spending some time on the road by myself, it was sure nice to have a couple of good friends out on the road with me. During what amounted to a week for Steve Morrissette and a week and a half for Teague O’Meara, the three amigos had some great times and visited some really great places, one of them being the City of San Francisco and Alcatraz, otherwise known as “The Rock.” Here are a couple of photos of my good friends Teague (left) and Steve (right).

Here is another photo with San Francisco as a backdrop.

Alcatraz itself is a really interesting place to visit. It is frightening to imagine the prospect of being imprisoned there. We caught the prison on a nice day, but most often it is a cold, damp, steel bar hotel that must have been horribly uncomfortable for the inmates. To add insult to injury, many of the cells had views of the City of San Francisco, so the prisoners had a direct perspective of what the would probably never experience again, freedom.

Alcatraz, beyond its image as an unescapable, intimidating prison, is also an interesting place to visit for its long and diverse history. It was once a strategic military point of defense and after the prison was closed, the island was taken over by American Indians wishing to make a point about the U. S. Government’s treatment of their people. An excellent audio tour guides the visitor through, and I would recommend this interesting island to anyone visiting to San Francisco.

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