Day 4 in San Francisco

Yesterday, at 9:00 in the morning, we got on the ferry to Angel Island. When we got to Angel Island, we got on buses to take a tour around the island. On the tour, we learned that, unlike Ellis Island, Angel Island wasn't only used as an immigration station. It was also an army fort.

We left Angel Island to go to Alcatraz, the prison.

When we got to Alcatraz, we went to watch 2 short movies about Alcatraz. When the movies were done, it was 2:00, so we went to hear a talk about attempted escapes on Alcatraz. The talk was very interesting, and we learned lots of stories. My personal favorite was that a few prisoners got together and made a lifeboat. They also made fake heads so that the guards wouldn't notice that they were gone. However, when thay didn't wake up, a guard kicked a fake head to wake them up, and it rolled away. They caught the prisoners.  When the talk ended, we went to the cell house. In the cell house, we saw the cells

 and D-Block. D-Block is the place where especially bad prisoners went.

The cells were only the size of a pool table! We finished looking at the cell house and got on the boat to take us back to the city. When we got back from Alcatraz, we were tired, so we went back to our house, rested, and went out to eat dinner.