SF BAY AREA DAY TRIP ADVENTURE

Walk Across The Golden Gate Bridge, Visit The Welcome Center, Snap Some Pictures From Vista Point

Enjoy this unique view of the bay, walking across the Golden Gate Bridge is something you should do at least once in your life.

This is part of a series of family-oriented day trip outings around the San Francisco Bay Area I look forward to enjoying with my kids once social distancing and shelter in place isn’t the norm any longer.

Photo by Joseph Barrientos on Unsplash

Destination: Golden Gate Bridge

1. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
2. Snap a photo from Vista Point
3. Tour the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center

I keep seeing photos of the Golden Gate Bridge with no pedestrians and no traffic. The reflex at the back of my head says to go out and see this for yourself, but the reality of our current situation deems that irresponsible.

The bridge has only been closed a few times to traffic. When I was a kid, we tried to get over to the bridge for the 50th-anniversary closure, which luckily didn’t work out as too many people showed up. We hung out in Golden Gate Park with seniors who had crossed…