San Francisco January 19 2010

From Portland I drove south and stopped in Medford for one night and Chico another night. From there I went to Lincoln, Ca and stopped and visited with Ray and Arlene Crook.




From there I went on to Auburn CA and visited with my long time friend Jeanne Hammil and met her husband, Bill.







Arrived in Sanfrancisco on Tuesday. It was pouring cats and dogs all the way from Sacramento and when I came into the Bay area the sun was shining just like the angels had opened the gates. I love having the GPS it makes it so easy to find my way around.

I drove around familiar haunts, saw the house where Keith and I lived when we first got married and












also went to City hall and took a picture of where the "wedding" was.

From there I drove out to the Avenues where we lived later. Took a picture of that old house too. Drove down Noriega Street to see the swinging door and didn't recognize the street at all. The Swinging Door was the local bar that we used to drink at and made many good friends. I couldn't even guess which building was the place. I am glad Keith didn't come and see how changed it is. I wasn't able to connect with my friend Tony so went to the Presidio hostel. It is a great location and has parking so am quite comfortable.
Tuesday night I connected with Kathy Woods Walsh and we met at San Bruno at a restaurant and had supper. It was great to see Kathy, we had lost touch from those days. She is having some difficulty, the man she has been with for 29 years is not in good health. He has diabites and was in a hospital but sent out to another place. She can't look after him at home so is busy running to take care of all his needs.

Wednesday I met Tony. I went and picked him up and we went all over the place. Drove through Golden Gate Park and the Pan Handle and down Haight and Ashbury. Saw the old Dutch Windmill that has been fully restored and is operational, saw the Conservatory of flowers which of course would be better if not winter. Went into Presidio and saw Diane Fienstein's house. Saw the officers houses and the GI hospital. Stopped at Sea Cliff and took pictures of the city and Golden Gate but was pretty foggy. We drove over to Coit Tower and got a parking place right at the front door, then went up to the top and it had cleared enough to have a fabulous view of the city. from there we went to Fisherman's Wharf and had lunch at Pier 35 and wondered the shops. It was a really fun day.