(Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006)
First, a couple of bicycle and motorcycle shots for The Boyfriend:
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Today I walked from downtown San Francisco, up and over Powell Street, down to Fisherman’s Wharf, cruised through Ghirardelli Square, along Marina, through Presidio and Crissy Field, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and back across the bridge; about 10 miles total.
I intended to take a cable car over Powell to the Hyde Street Pier area. However, a long line of fellow tourists had formed at the downtown cable car turnaround, and the sun felt blazing hot (the temperature was probably 80 degrees). I noticed that one side of Powell was in the shade, so I decided to walk part of the way up the hill, until the right cable car came along. By the time that happened I was most of the way there, so I decided to save $3 and walk the rest of the way. The cable car reached the final destination about 5 minutes before I did. OK, more like 15 minutes, but it would have been only 5 if I hadn’t veered off course a few times to take pictures. (That is so like me.)
I had planned to walk all the way back to Fisherman’s Wharf, but my feet were very sore after coming back across the bridge. So I took a bus from the southeast side of the bridge (gift shop area) close to the wharf and transferred to another bus going downtown. Thinking back to my first San Francisco trip 9 years ago, I felt like I had wimped out. On that trip, I walked all the way from the wharf, across the bridge, and all the way back to the wharf. Then I realized: I was 9 years younger and at least 20 pounds lighter then, and I hadn’t done several other 10 mile walks on that trip. I think those other 10 mile walks contributed most to my fatigue today.
As always, I saw and photographed many interesting sights along the way. And yes, my tattoo was happy to return to the “mother tattoo.”
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