As you climb aboard the Adventure Cat, you can sense the city's energy winding down for the day. The powder blue sky begins burning to dusk. Twilight wraps the massive skyscrapers of downtown in a blanket of light.

The Cat sets sail, gliding gently towards Alcatraz Island along the calm bay waters. Out on the Cat's trampoline, you can feel the gentle sway of the water, the cool mist of moisture on your skin. It's a powerful union with the bay that's felt everywhere onboard, even from the cozy observation area.

The day might be ending, but the magnificence has only begun. For the next 90 minutes, your lucky group gets an intimate experience: the perfect splendor of Mother Nature's finest daily performance, observed from your sleek and graceful Cat.

It's a moment, a dream, a landmark in time. Your Adventure Cat is a journey into an experience that will always be with you. Long after this cruise ends, you'll remember the steadily swaying waters and the beautiful bay awash in the slow-fading golden light.

Not so golden

Today's Golden Gate Bridge is considered not just one of the best sights in California, but in the entire country. Yet back in the early 20th century, when engineers were still trying to get the plans for the bridge approved, it was faced with fierce opposition. Over 2,000 different lawsuits were filed to stop the bridge's construction, by everyone from railroad companies that thought the bridge would hurt business, to locals who believed the bridge would detract from the bay's natural beauty.