I had two missions for the afternoon. Ride the cable car and eat at In-N-Out burger. The closest In-N-Out Burger is down at Fisherman's Wharf so it made sense to take the cable car so I could kill 2 birds with one stone.

I got my Muni pass ($11) for the day so I could take the cable car there and back without having to look for a ticket place on the way back to the hotel. I got on at the Powell Street and had to wait in line for about 30 minutes since there was a rather long one.

I got on the cable car and it quickly got cramped. I discovered something though. At the end of the line it doesn't fill up with people because I guess the tourists are trying to not crowd the cable car so early. So I had a plan on the way back to not get on at the end of the line.

The other thing I did this afternoon was played around with Tweetie. Chris, one of my former colleagues I met at the show, got me to try Tweetie. It really is a superior Twitter client. It has this functionality, where you can actually tag in your Tweets where you currently are located based on the iPhone's Core Location functionality. Since I don't have the iPhone 3G it wasn't extremely accurate, but it was really close.

I got down to Fisherman's Wharf and indulged in In-N-Out Burger. It was really yummy. I was in a burger coma after that and decided to do a little walking down to Pier 39.

It was a beautiful day. Last year it was very overcast in the bay, but today it was clear.

I was pretty bored otherwise so I decided to do the touristy thing and go take one of those Bay Adventure Cruises. A tour that took you out into the bay, under the Golden Gate Bridge and then around Alcatraz. It was pretty fun. Below are some photos. I took them with the iPhone so don't be surprised that the composure is really bad. You can't zoom on the first or second gen iPhone!

After the cruise, I did a little shopping and then walked to the cable car. I walked past the end of the line to the first stop and sure enough I had no problems getting on the car. The cable car operator was pretty funny. His commentary was a little off color, but not that bad. Instead of saying "Coming up on Bush Street." He said, "Coming up on the street of the President who I am glad is out of office". One of the passengers also said "There's Lombard Street" and the operator said "Did you just say Rush Limbaugh? No. OK. That's good. Because names like that don't belong on this car." Pretty funny.

So I am back at the hotel. Unwinding before the trip home. I'll probably stay close to the hotel tonight and do some packing. The flight home tomorrow starts early afternoon. Hopefully SFO won't be too delayed.

Here are the photos from the cruise:

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