The Brookston Family Blog
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Eventually, we got down to the business of setting up camp and relaxing in the idyllic surroundings of Angel Island.

Alice arrives in camp and tries to unload the sleeping bags.

Later she sneaks into Gianna’s tent to give her a hug.

But eventually settles on a little lie-down with Mom, who has a fruity beverage in her hand.

Sarah relaxing in the tent with a fruity beverage.

Porter took this photo of me from the picnic bench.

Porter and Alice accost Sarah in our tent.

Porter and Sam playing in the campground.

The completed campsite.

Me and Sarah camping on Angel Island.

After we dropped our stuff at the campground, it was almost time to take a tour of the island on the tramcar bus that circles the island. So we hightailed it back to the visitor center for our tour. It took a lot less time to get back because without all our gear we could take the shortcut.

Sam and Porter on the tourbus.

Alice giving me one of her looks.

Alice exchanging laughs with Sam, who was in the seat behind her.

The family at Point Campbell on the nnorthernmost point of the island overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fort McDowell at the East Garrison.

We had the tram stop at the turn to go back down to the visitor center so we wouldn’t have to walk quite as far back to our campsite.

Alice, Sam and Porter held hands on part of the walk back for our tour.

While we waiting for our camp to empty so we could set up our tents and drop our gear, we waited in a picnic area above the campground. From there it was a short hike over the crest to Camp Reynolds on the west end of the island. Porter quit the hike almost as soon as we began, so Sarah took him back to the picnic area. Suzanne, Sam and Alice continued with me a short while longer, but then Alice unceremoniously started back for camp and the rest followed. So I continued along around Point Stuart from where I had some great views of San Francisco and the bay.

Suzanne, Sam and Alice before they headed back and left me alone on the hike.

Point Stuart looking across to Belvedere Island.

A kind of purple lupin that was common on the island.

I’m not sure who built this small labyrinth, but it was pretty cool all the same.

Looking toward San Francisco from Point Stuart, with Camp Reynolds below and to the left.

A colorful sailboat in the bay.

Camp Reynolds below me from Point Stuart.

Alcatraz Island in a bay full of boats with San Francisco in the background.