Alcatraz

Alcatraz was very interesting to see and learn a little more about. We really enjoyed the tour and highly recommend it. Though there were a lot of people, the tour is very well designed for a lot of people to flow through it. We took the audio tour, which had a couple prison officials and inmates telling the main stories and facts of Alcatraz when it was a prison, which is what it is most known for. We have toured the Utah Prison, so seeing the cells were not new to us, but it does remind you how awful of a life it would be to have to live in such tiny, dirty, cement quarters for years and years. 1 interesting fact I got out of it: those in prison read more than the outside population, something like that.

Some of the re-reations were very neat, such as this head that was made out of wax, concrete and paint; made by the prisoners who escaped, to look like they were still in their cell.

We used this front carry pack a lot during this trip, when he got tired of the stroller.