Bay Area day trips: 4 adventures via San Francisco Bay Ferry mercurynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mercurynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Taking the ferry in the Bay Area is like having your own little party cruise but much cheaper. The ocean breeze whistling in your ears, cold beers with happy strangers in Hawaiian shirts, the views of Alcatraz and the Bay Bridge and zero weirdos licking seat covers in the corner – sorry BART, but why wouldn't people take the ferry as often as humanly possible? Summer's the perfect time to get out on our water-based fun-time transit. And for that, we've prepared some suggestions on how to maximize ferry trips to Alameda, Oakland, San Francisco and Mare Island.