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Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, Elbe, WA (photos taken July 11).

Monday, March 26
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Sunday, March 25

Berkely (has) rocks! Mortar Rock and Grotto Rock are near Indian Rock. I visited all three and shot all of these pictures today.

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Saturday, March 24

The Castro.
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More words. Soon.

Friday, March 23
Once more to the Bridge! The Golden Gate, that is.

More text to come …

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Thursday, March 22

My friend Selena’s aunt and uncle, Carolyn and Fred (C&F), live in San Francisco. Selena put me in contact with Carolyn a few weeks in advance of this trip. Today, The Boyfriend (TB) and I met C&F at the 24th Street BART station in the Mission. First, they drove us on a mini-tour [...]

Wednesday, March 21
We had rain in the early morning, then sunshine and warm temperatures for the rest of the day. Mid-morning, The Boyfriend (TB) and I hopped on AC Transit bus #9 on Shattuck and rode through North Berkeley, down to Berkeley Marina, and walked the entire length of the pier. Note: If anyone ever [...]

Tuesday, March 20
A rainy morning in Berkeley. We stayed in our room until the rain ceased in the mid-afternoon. We bussed into Alameda so The Boyfriend (TB) could do some banking. (Don’t ask.) TB, a big fan of small, environmentally friendly cars, spotted a ZAP car parked on the street in front of O’Connell’s car [...]

Monday, March 19
Late morning, The Boyfriend (TB) and I took BART into San Francisco, detraining at the Embarcadero stop. We wandered through the Ferry Building looking for a vegan-friendly restaurant. While we struck out on that, we saw lots of cute shops in the Ferry Building.

We also saw a crustacean jail.

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That’s just mean.

We then [...]

Monday, March 19
Coffee from Berkeley Espresso, 1900 Shattuck Ave. (at Hearst), Berkeley. The Boyfriend(TB)’s soy latte was fine, my double tall iced Americano tasted bitter and burnt.

Taste: Inconsistent
Portion: Standard espresso drink sizes
Price: Average ($5.90 without tip), cash only
Other: Friendly baristas

No lunch to speak of, we munched on snacks we brought with us. We looked [...]