San Francisco

We had a wonderful trip to San Francisco in April. We'd love to go again!

It was sunny and rainy, and surprisingly, it was colder when it was sunny. I was thankful there were no earthquakes while we were there... at least none that we could feel.

We had fun with our good friends John and Dana, saw some new sights, and walked all over. We took BART instead of renting a car, but we also enjoyed Dana driving us around on Friday; otherwise, we'd never have been able to drive over the Golden Gate Bridge.

I have discovered that I am enamored by blooming flowers. Yes, I have always loved different plants, but I guess I was more fascinated than I thought. I realized this after taking numerous photos of blooms and then seeing a picture of me taking pictures of flowers. Ha!

What should be our next little diversion trip?

The famous Golden Gate Bridge

Cherry Tree Blossoms

These guys were over by the Ferry Building along the Embarcadero.

My friend Dana is with me. We've known each other for almost 25 years.

The orchids at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park were spectacular!

Funny story about this Chinese woman: she and her counterpart toward the back are said to make 20,000 fortune cookies per day. See the rejects in the bin in front of her? They sell those too! The cookies come around on the little conveyor belt and she grabs one, puts in a fortune, then folds it over the metal pipe in front of her. They were pretty good despite the fact that there were pigeons walking around in the store when we first arrived! We had to pay 50 cents to take her picture.

Alcatraz Island. Welcome to the Rock!