By hook or by crook, we're in San Fran!

Tonight we came into the final city of our trip, after riding our hearts out down the coast and then making an extremely tough decision that we weren't fast enough to make it to San Fran for our vow exchange and grabbing a bus/train for the last leg.

Melissa being happy that we're not finishing the last leg on bike:

Mural in progress in Oakland:

After coming in to Oakland, we took a BART tram to the civic center and tried to figure out what we were doing. We saw a great bike security place in the BART terminal too:

After walking around a bit, we found a fun little Celtic Coffee House and settled in to make plans. Unfortunately, the cafe closed at 6, so we took to the streets to find a hotel. After seeing some of the most overpriced rooms in the city, we got to tour a bargain room at $65 that looked scary enough that I understood why the hotel manager leaves the building at 7pm.

After seeing what must have been the look of horror on my face (I've lost all my poker skills, apparently), she recommended the Travelodge down the road, noting that her rooms were for a type of people she described with a hand motion that looked something like her patting a small child on the head. I took it to mean small.

In any case, the Travelodge is run by a reasonable man from the Phillipines that gave us a $10 discount off their normal rate and we now have a comfortable room with 1 bed, 2 chairs, 2 pillows and the all-important wi-fi. Plus, wonderful soap:

More tomorrow. We're doing well and happy to be in Frisco, but now we need to concentrate on vows. :)