Wow! I drove into San Francisco and was overwhelmed by the sight of what seemed to be endless houses on the hills, and wider highways than I've ever seen with what seemed to be constant merging. Made it through, though, to the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge and on into the Berkeley/Oakland area. Drove into Oakland a bit, before getting turned around back to Berkeley to find my cousin Barb's home. Made it there safely on Thursday afternoon and Barb took us by BART into the city on Friday. We did the tourist thing and took a cable car from the BART stop to Fisherman's Wharf, ate seafood on the wharf, then walked around the North Beach area, checking out the street vendors, and buying some souvenirs, and then through part of the financial district, back to BART and on home to Berkeley. Saturday we spent a bit of time visiting with Barb's son Yani, then we went to Telegraph Ave., checked out the street vendors there (I bought myself some interesting tie dye tee shirts), and walked on to the campus of UC Berkeley, marveling at the architecture and history and watching happy graduates and their families walking through the campus. Then Jake and I hit the road and meandered from Berkeley up to highway 1 and up the coast. Gorgeous cloudy/foggy day on the winding oceanside roads. It being Memorial Day weekend, we couldn't find any camping spots and ended up driving east into Willits, Ca. and shelled out a fairly hefty fee for a fairly nice motel room. Tomorrow we plan to head for the Redwood National Park and beyond. The road and weather are treating us well and the trip is marvelous so far.
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Georgeous Graffi, or Wall Art, which ever it is. You were lucky to have a personal tour guide! You are just moving right along and seeing a lot along the way. Great Experience.
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