I had already been to San Francisco a couple different times, but I had never been out to Alcatraz. Being a complete history nerd, I was so excited to go out there and take a tour. We took a ferry out there. We were lucky enough to go out on a beautiful clear day. This is the lighthouse and one end of Alcatraz.
It was pretty windy on the top floor of the boat out there, but I wanted to sit up there so we could see everything.
This is the first building you see when you get there. This is the apartment building where the prison guards families lived. I'm not sure if I would want to raise my family on an island with a prison.
This is a sign from when the Native American Occupation of the island took place.
This is Andrew and I with our headsets for the tour. It is an audio tour that you take while you walk around. I was pretty cold so I was wearing Andrew's "Mr. Rogers" sweater.
These pictures are of the room where the prisoners would have first gone into. They would have had to turn in all of their personal belongings and would then be given their prison clothes. Then there is the showers.
Here's a picture of the cells. It reminded me of "Prison Break." (good show!)
How would you like to spend all of your time in this little cell?
Oh no!! We are locked in! Let us out!!
Here's a picture of the famous inmates: Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Robert Stroud, etc.
This is an isolation cell. It is completely dark inside.
This was the library for the inmates. Reading was one of the only fun things that they got to do.
There are still marks on the ground from the missiles that were fired in to the prison when the prisoners were holding the guards hostage.
This is where they could visit with friends and family that came to see them. Very small openings.
These next pictures are from the cell of one of the 3 men that escaped from Alcatraz. You can see the fake dummies that they put in their beds to fool the guards, then you can see where they dug out of their cells, and then the walls that they had to go through. Their bodies were never found, and they are assumed to have drowned.
Isn't this a great picture? This is the picture that they took of us before we got on the ferry to go over there. It was obviously behind a fake backdrop. I wasn't going to pay for the picture, so I just took a picture of the picture. Andrew was so embarrassed!
If you haven't ever been to Alcatraz then I definitely recommend it. I thought it was absolutely fascinating.
I had already been to San Francisco a couple different times, but I had never been out to Alcatraz. Being a complete history nerd, I was so excited to go out there and take a tour. We took a ferry out there. We were lucky enough to go out on a beautiful clear day. This is the lighthouse and one end of Alcatraz.
It was pretty windy on the top floor of the boat out there, but I wanted to sit up there so we could see everything.
This is the first building you see when you get there. This is the apartment building where the prison guards families lived. I'm not sure if I would want to raise my family on an island with a prison.
This is a sign from when the Native American Occupation of the island took place.
This is Andrew and I with our headsets for the tour. It is an audio tour that you take while you walk around. I was pretty cold so I was wearing Andrew's "Mr. Rogers" sweater.
These pictures are of the room where the prisoners would have first gone into. They would have had to turn in all of their personal belongings and would then be given their prison clothes. Then there is the showers.
Here's a picture of the cells. It reminded me of "Prison Break." (good show!)
How would you like to spend all of your time in this little cell?
Oh no!! We are locked in! Let us out!!
Here's a picture of the famous inmates: Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Robert Stroud, etc.
This is an isolation cell. It is completely dark inside. 
This was the library for the inmates. Reading was one of the only fun things that they got to do.
There are still marks on the ground from the missiles that were fired in to the prison when the prisoners were holding the guards hostage.
This is where they could visit with friends and family that came to see them. Very small openings.
These next pictures are from the cell of one of the 3 men that escaped from Alcatraz. You can see the fake dummies that they put in their beds to fool the guards, then you can see where they dug out of their cells, and then the walls that they had to go through. Their bodies were never found, and they are assumed to have drowned. 
Isn't this a great picture? This is the picture that they took of us before we got on the ferry to go over there. It was obviously behind a fake backdrop. I wasn't going to pay for the picture, so I just took a picture of the picture. Andrew was so embarrassed! 
If you haven't ever been to Alcatraz then I definitely recommend it. I thought it was absolutely fascinating. 
4 comments:
Mr Rogers? WHATEVER!
Wow that did remind me of Prison Break! I will have to go there for sure!
I've never been to Alcatraz, but I totally want to go! It looks so cool!
Didn't your handsome husband run a race? Where are the pictures of that?
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