Today we had a little bit of a free day. A guy on our staff has a friend that works at Alcatraz so we moseyed on over to pier 33 and grabbed a ferry ride to The Rock. We took the normal tour, which is pretty interesting. I did not know that a Native American group occupied Alcatraz for about 19 months between 1969 and 1971. Bryan, our super secret tour guide, gave us a bunch of interesting tidbits about the mysterious island. He gave us a play by play of the Anglin brother's and Frank Morris' escape in 1962, as well as a peek at the infirmary where we were able to go into Robert Stroud's cell in the psychiatric ward (Robert Stroud was the "Birdman" of Alcatraz although he never had any birds at Alcatraz, he had birds at Leavenworth). All in all the tour was pretty cool but I must say that Alcatraz is in terrible shape, it's deteriorating fast.
Well tomorrow I have a rough day of free breakfast, building bikes, and reading a book or something, we shall see.
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