I’m not neglecting our blog. Well, I have not intentionally neglected our blog. It’s just that I’ve been away for work. I planned to post to the blog during these days, but time got away from me. . . . Earlier this month–the week before last, actually–I attended a meeting in San Francisco. But while there, I got to do some exploring on my own.
I will preclude my mini travelogue by saying that this was my first trip to the west coast. Having been raised in Milwaukee, which extends from Lake Michigan and living a short time on Long Island in New York, where the Atlantic borders the shores, everything was disorienting to me in California: Water to my west was a little more than confusing since I have always oriented myself with knowing that the Lake (in Wisconsin) and the Ocean (in New York) is to the east (imagine my navigational problems when I first moved here to Lincoln, NE). Many times, I found myself leaving my hotel room, getting lost trying to find a place that was only a couple of city blocks away and later, getting lost on my way back to the room! >>sigh<< I was told prior to my trip that San Francisco is a great city for walking. I guess I can see that, but it took some getting used to for me.
The first picture above is, obviously, a cityscape taken while I was on the Bay. For a mere seven dollars one-way, one could take a ferry to any of a number of island locations. I took the ferry to Sausalito, a half hour, peaceful trip. Soon after leaving dock, my friend and I took this picture of downtown San Francisco. The sign is just a detail of the photo.
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