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11-23-2003, 06:20 PM
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Where I Live
It was such a beautiful day today, Kath and I decided to take a short Sunday drive. We live in the East Bay, across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco. We crossed the bridge into The City. We went to Japantown, as Kath wanted to buy a shampoo and conditioner that she had discovered years ago in Japan when we were there visiting our son. We then left The City at the north end, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County. We drove to San Rafael, where we crossed the bay on the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge back to the East Bay and home, completing a circle. I'm going to post some pictures of the day, and invite others who have the capability to do the same. Show us where ya live
 .THE HILLS OF SAN FRANCISCO: This picture is heading north, down Laguna St. towards Lombard St., which will take us across the Golden Gate Bridge.
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11-23-2003, 06:24 PM
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THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
One of the most famous landmarks of San Francisco. This is from the north end of the bridge looking back into the Presidio of San Francisco.
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11-23-2003, 06:29 PM
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THE CITY BY THE BAY
The bridge to the left of The City is the Bay Bridge, which goes to Yerba Buena/Treasure Island and on to Oakland. The skyline is the downtown. The tower in the center is Coit Tower, on top of Telegraph Hill.
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11-23-2003, 06:37 PM
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ALCATRAZ ISLAND
Another famous landmark of the area. Now part of the National Parks System, it's definately worth a visit when you come. The East Bay Hills [Berkeley/Oakland] are in the background.
BTW, Alcatraz means "Pelican" in Spanish.
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11-23-2003, 06:43 PM
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THE LONE SAILOR
This is a monument that stands at the Vista Point at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge. It honors all of the Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and Merchant Seamen that have sailed out through the Golden Gate in defense of our country.
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11-23-2003, 06:46 PM
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THE Q.
San Quentin Prison as seen from San Rafael.
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11-23-2003, 06:46 PM
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Arroyo
I grew up hiking the hills, or riding bikes with my brothers and friends to a long gone place called "Arroyo Park." The hills were much like these at the end of Arroyo Rd ... We hiked or walked, 6 miles up and 6 miles back: had great times sloshing through Arroyo Creek, balancing on boulders that were some persons temporary dam, catching water snakes and water turtles ... that kind of thing. I will always be fixed to those hills, up until the time when they are carpeted with the homes of newcomers who have no right to them ... and the newcomers are rich in the money sense but probably have never gotten hungry during a trek and built fires and cooked minnows, just to spit them out. They probably never have never learned to run down steep hills, in a sort of sideways fashion ... never slipped under, over and through barbed wire fences.... that kind of thing.
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11-23-2003, 06:48 PM
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THE EAST GATE
This is the visitors gate into the prison, where family members enter.
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11-23-2003, 06:51 PM
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INSIDE
This is as close as you want to get to being inside.
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