This year we spent Thanksgiving in San Francisco with the usual crowd plus an additional eight (yes, that’s 14 total!). The Bay Area is a fantastic place and we definitely had a good time- save for having to take the following Tuesday off of work due to a nasty cold that I’m still trying to get over.

While in San Francisco we mostly ate fantastic food and sampled a number of beverages (as was the norm in Chicago) but did manage to get out and about enough to snap some pictures. We even made it out to Lafayette to visit the Windhurst clan; but I didn’t have my camera with.

My favorite photos were captured on the Alcatraz night tour. Though I’ve visited the area a number of times I hadn’t yet been to Alcatraz. If you have the chance I really do recommend hitting the night tour; you get some spectacular views of San Francisco and the surrounding area plus the boat takes you around the entire island before docking, whereas the normal day tour just goes straight to the pier.

These images are available for sale in my Anthroscapes portfolio.

Here is a slideshow of pictures from the rest of the trip – if you are interested…