San Fransisco first full day

Greetings from San Fransisco - where the 8 of us are living in complete luxury (at least compared to KOA and National Park campgrounds). We are in a vacation rental by owner in the Nob Hill area of San Fran. Four bedrooms, which means that the two boys get a room, the two girls get a room and both couples get their own rooms. There is also a full kitchen, TWO bathrooms wiht showers and a living room with computer and TV. Like I said, the lap of luxury!
I think we deserved it. The drive from the Out n About Treesort in Cave Jct, Oregon was long. It was a day drive, and took about 10 hours in the end. We took 101 which is part highway, part coastal road, part hell drive through the switchbacks and the beautiful redwoods along the way. There was no quicker way to do this - although I disagreed with this theory every hour of the drive until I had driven everyone else crazy with my bad sense of direction. We finally pulled across the Golden Gate Bridge at 8:00 p.m., and found our apartment with relative ease. (In truth, the trip would have been nearly an hour shorter, but a cell phone was left at a certain grocery store for which we needed to return to get).
Did you know that there is a fee to get off the GGB? I had no idea, and therefore, Ian had the cash in hand to pay the toll. Guess it worked out in our favor! Just kidding, but there is a toll.
Today we walked through Chinatown, which was excellent. Took some great pictures, and will post here as soon as I have the energy. I certainly have the time, just not any gumption - of course there is a story for this.
We ate lunch at an "authentic" American style Chinese restaurant. By this I mean they served seasame chicken, beef and broccoli and steamed dumplings. But to the kids utter dismay there were no chicken fingers or pork ribs (you know the little strips of "pork" that are stained red). But a bowl of plain white rice, and a plate of plain chow mein noodles later, with the rest of the food served most of the kids were finally satisfied.
There are many, many small little shops throughout Chinatown that sell all sorts of little items meant to catch kids attention and empty parents wallets. We were able to walk away relatively none the poorer, but with a few little items to keep the kids happy. Off we went to catch the trolley to the Fisherman's Wharf.
That sounds so easy. Trust me, it isn't that easy. The first four trolleys were full, so we walked some. And walked some more. Boy, did the kids LOVE that! Finally we caught a trolley and got to the wharf. We walked around a bit then the two families separated to see the sights and make our own ways to the apartment.
The Szabo's went down to the Pier to see the old battleships and sailboats, and the view of Alcatraz from the pier. We then went to catch a trolley back up the hill to our place. Not so easy either. There was a one hour wait, for which we were too impatient to stand in line for. The four of us walked up the hill all the way - which was 17 blocks. We will sleep well tonight.
The Tewksburys went to the Creamery for ice cream, then stood the line to take the trolley home which the kids loved.
Now we are making dinner and getting ready to head off to Alcatraz tomorrow! If the kids are all good, we won't leave any behind!