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Personal Narrative: The Golden Gate Bridge
“. . . . Then, you can turn around and head back to the L shaped dock, where you then turn right to head up the big hill. . . .” The video kept droning on about directions for biking across the Golden Gate Bridge. I did not even know why I was listening, because I wasn’t leading, Luke, my brother was. Finally, the video had finished and we got to get our bikes. They were all the same set up, gears and brakes, one for the front wheel and one for the back wheel. It was nice to be biking around San Francisco instead of walking because my feet still hurt from yesterday's walk up Coit tower. We got lucky because on the ride to Fort Point there was only one big hill up and that was not even to bad. Fort Point was so cool the roof of it was flat with a bunch of …show more content…
Then, Luke showed me where he accepted the sealine to pop up again and sure enough after a few seconds the sealine popped up.
At that time we had to get back on our bikes. About 0.1th of a mile we turned right to go up a humongous hill, then started to go across the Golden Gate Bridge it was a nice flat ride we stopped in the middle it was breathtaking you could see the ocean and Marren County. After that quick break, we when down a super long and exhilarating hill to the town of Sausalito or as we called it Sausage-gelato. It was the best! We had a small way before we got to the center of town.
Once we got to the center of town we were all starving! After we locked up our bikes we looked for the best place to eat. We ended up going to Napa Valley Burgers. IT WAS AMAZING! The burgers were cooked to perfection, and the egg I had on mine was so moist.
Once we finished we had to wait for like 20 minutes just to get on a ferry to San Francisco. The whole time you had to listen to my brother complaining about not being able to bike back over the Golden Gate Bridge. The ferry took us right past Alcatraz which we were at two days befor. It was an amazing way to spend my

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