It was a beautiful day for a randomly-directed, meandering walk through San Francisco. I expected to roam around downtown for a couple of hours before hitting a dead end or crossing my own path. But randomness has a way of defying your expectations.

I started at Union Square, arguably right smack in the middle of one of the most traffic-signal riddled parts of town. I figured I would have to encounter nearby Market Street or Columbus Avenue and be forced to meet the challenges of their diagonal paths and multi-street intersections. No such luck. I ended up traveling away from both.

Here is the map of my 3.2 mile journey (click on the image to go to the Google Maps version):



I certainly did not expect to end up heading straight up Hyde Street for over a mile! It just so happened that I hit green lights and signal-free intersections all that way. I got to commune with cable cars the whole time, which was... interesting.

This was an awesome way to check out parts of the city I had not yet traversed. A few too many pesky hills for my taste, though.

See the highlights of my sights-of-SF-heavy trip via the pictures below.

And check out the Pushpins I left over the course of these travels!