San Francisco Nights - Day 3, Part 2

I can't remember where I left off. Oh yes, Coit Tower.  Getting to Coit Tower took quite an effort.  As you can see below, you can see Coit Tower ahead of by Grant and Broadway. We had quite a way to go.

We came up on steep hill with actual steps on it. We didn't see any car's meaning that it was way to hilly to actually park a car there.  Imagine parallel parking!!  I can't.

So we decided to go for it and climb up those steps.  We barely made it to 20 before we had to take a breath.  I thought I was in pretty good shape. Guess not.

Keep on climbing....

 Almost made it to the top...

 Nope, not there yet...

and so you can actually see how steep this hill is:

And finally on the top of the hill. 

Poppies, poppies everywhere.

The view from the top of the hill was incredible but there was yet another climb to get to Coit Tower. When we reached the top, here's what we saw:

View from Coit Tower Hill

Coit Tower was built by a wealthy socialite as a monument to the firefighters who helped in the 1906 fire that ravaged the city. She loved the city so much that ended using her money to building this monument which took over 5 years to build.

The line was short so we decided to pay the small fee and took an old art deco elevator to the top.  Here are some incredible views:

As you can see, the wind pick up and brought about the clouds which pretty much stayed with us the rest of week. You couldn't even see Golden Gate Bridge but we got another chance later on.

At this point, we were getting tired and made our way back to the hotel.