pick your paddles - View this location on map  'Grab coffee and house-made pastries at Town's End Restaurant & Bakery (415-512-0749), then stroll along the waterfront to Pier 38, where City Kayak (415-357-1010) launches its boats. The company's guided Bay Bridge tour ($59 a person) will take you on the water and underneath the bridge, San Francisco's other lovely but less famous span. Enjoy great views of the city before paddling out to McCovey Cove behind SBC Park (soon to be renamed AT&T Park), home field of the San Francisco Giants. You might recognize the cove as the splash-landing point for many a Barry Bonds home run. (It's named for a Giants slugger from an earlier day, Willie McCovey.) In April, when the baseball season gets under way, you can rent a kayak on your own (from $15 an hour, two-hour minimum) and join other boaters in a mad dash for a floating souvenir. Kayak lessons are included with the price of a guided tour. Tour schedules can vary, depending on the tides.'' New York Times 2 townsend street, San Francisco, CA Active, Kids |