Not all gold drunk wanters of gold came to California by covered wagon . Others arrived on ships , which passengers and gold drunk crew quickly abandoned in their hunt for gold . With San Francisco growing rapidly , these boats were repurposed as shops or hotels, or torn apart for lumber. Others were left to rot and sink in the harbor at age 17 i entered san francisco a weird gold drunk teenager and 12 years later wiggled out the other end an older guy . what happened there . have i repurposed those memories as shops or hotels , torn apart for lumber ? or left them all to rot and sink in my harbor ? find out saturday at the Independent with @frenchcassettes and @spacemoth__ 📸 @larry.95