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San Francisco Trade Show Treat Walk The Golden Gate Bridge
he trade show is over, sidewalks. Roller Blades,
your flight is hours away, Skateboards and Roller Skates are
What to do? The answer, not permitted. Dogs are permitted
take a walk across the Golden only if under control and on a
Gate Bridge. Walking the Golden leash at all times.
Gate Bridge is one of the great
walks in America. Your car If you are traveling with a load
service driver will drop you off of trade show stuff ask
at the southern visitor center. Quicksilver TownCar reservation,
800.468.9622, for a Suburban,
Often at the end of a trade show large enough to hold boxes,
or after a long meeting there is signage and bags.
enough time for this rejuvenating
walk. Give yourself about one The bridge is 4,200 feet or 1,280
hour for the walk. Your San meters in length, spanning a
Francisco car service or limo strait, approximately three-miles
will get you to your flight on long by one-mile wide. Currents
time. It's about 45 minutes to running the bridge range from 4.5
reach San Francisco International to 7.5 knots.
Airport and an hour to Oakland
Airport. The view east includes Alcatraz
Island, Berkeley, Oakland and San
Pedestrians are allowed only on Francisco. The view west is
the east, city facing sidewalk. Pacific Ocean. If you have
During Daylight Savings hours limited time have your
from 5 am to 9 pm. Gates close Quicksilver TownCar driver drop
automatically at 9 pm and reopen you off at the parking lot at the
at 5 am. During Pacific Standard southern end of bridge and pick
Time, walking is from 5 am to 6 you up at the northern vista
pm. Wheelchairs are permitted on point. Be sure to wear a
windbreaker, sweatshirt, heavy goldengatebridge dot org, note
sweater or all three as it can be that if the U.S. Navy had its
cold and windy, especially in way, the Bridge might have been
July and August. painted black and yellow stripes
to assure even greater visibility
The Gate: The Golden Gate Strait for passing ships.
is the entrance to the San
Francisco Bay from the Pacific No tipping required: A note about
Ocean. It is generally accepted these side trips, no extra
that the strait was named gratuity is required when your
"Chrysopylae", or Golden Gate, by driver takes you to your walk on
John C. Fremont, Captain, the Golden Gate Bridge. Many
topographical Engineers of the firms charge such as Quicksilver
U.S. Army circa 1846. built-in gratuity. Business
clientele charge billed accounts
The bridge is not really gold. and on-file credit card accounts
The Golden Gate Bridge has always simply sign a waybill when they
been painted orange vermilion, exit the car.
called International Orange. The
distinctive orange color was Trade show planners should always
selected it blends well with the make sure that the passenger that
span's natural setting as it is a you are reserving the car for
warm color consistent with the understands that the tip is
warm colors of the land masses in included.
the setting as distinct from the
cool colors of the sky and sea. If you have your bike in the back
It also provides enhanced of the Quicksilver Suburban,
visibility for passing ships. cyclists have toll-free access to
the Bridge's sidewalks 24-hours a
Bridge historians, day.
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About the Author:
SF Bay Area Transportation Expert As President of Quicksilver TownCar Service http://www.qstc.net Phil Macafee knows all of the freeways and most of the byways from Carmel to Sacramento to the wine country. Published At: www.Isnare.com |
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