Jul
18
2010
Our last day in San Francisco started at 5:15 a.m. when one of my roomies decided she had laid in bed long enough. I snoozed for another hour, but 6:15 is still too early to get up on vacation, isn’t it? We ate at Denny’s again and drove into town.
Our first stop was Ferry Plaza [...]
Jul
16
2010
We got another early start on the day, after eating breakfast in the hotel restaurant looking out over the ocean again. Then we headed into town to tackle Telegraph Hill and see Coit Tower.
We drove to the area and circled the block a few times looking for a parking space. There was a tight one [...]
Jul
14
2010
When I’m on vacation, I usually love to sleep in until 7:00 or so, but not my roommates! Alice was up and working on her computer long before 6:00 and Glenda jumped in the shower. I worked at waking myself up in time to sip the hot coffee Alice brought back to our room around [...]
Jul
13
2010
I went to San Francisco with my girlfriends, Glenda and Alice, over the 4th of July week. Glenda and I left Mesa on Saturday morning and drove as far as Burbank. We went out for dinner and to a movie that evening (”Knight and Day” with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz) before returning to our [...]
Jun
19
2010
I recently went to Boise to spend some time with the Holsingers. It had been very rainy for several weeks prior to my visit, but I must have taken some nice weather to them because it was lovely while I was there. The first couple days were a bit on the cool side, but it [...]
Jul
15
2009
This land was made for you and me…
We had to say goodbye to our sweet friend Alice on Thursday morning and hit the road toward home. We had programmed the GPS to take us down the Oregon and California coast through the Redwood National Forest, with a via point set in the Redwood National Park.
Around [...]