Ok, I just got an oil change this a.m. at 265,391. So, here was the Regal yesterday, reliably carting me to San Francisco, less than 2 hours away.
The Regal with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, taken from the bluffs immediately to the west of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, near the Presidio. Estimated mileage: 265,240.
The Coit Tower, taken past the traditional multi-story bay window from a street in North Beach's Little Italy.
The Transamerica Pyramid, taken from a side street near Columbus Avenue, the main thoroughfare through Little Italy.
One of the towers on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, taken from Broadway before it slopes down to the Embarcadero, the street that winds from the base of the Bay Bridge all the way around to Fisherman's Wharf
A view of the beautiful homes in Sea Cliff, the neighborhood on top of the bluffs near the Golden Gate Bridge. I seriously doubt there is anything in here with a bridge view that sells for less than $8 million but, as they say, if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.
It was a nice way to spend a temperate Saturday (about 55 degrees in the city). Drove into the East Bay and took the BART train some 20 miles into the city (it goes under the bay), walked around the Embarcadero and Market Street, and then took BART back to pick up the Regal, deciding I would drive it into the city. Then:
- drove to North Beach and had spinach gnocchi with mushrooms in gorgonzola sauce for lunch
- drove around the Embarcadero, past Fisherman's Wharf, to the base of the Golden Gate, up into the Presidio, and down the Great Highway, which fronts the Pacific Ocean
- drove down to south of SFO to the waterfront to watch 747s land and take-off (saw more Airbus 340s than 747s, since it's winter and there's less passenger traffic)
- drove back over the Bay Bridge to Walnut Creek, where I went to a Saturday night church service and had a great dinner at a local dive
- drove home and went to sleep, knowing I'd run errands today
In general, going to the Bay Area is depressing because anything other than a 1 bedroom condo in a decent neighborhood (both in the city and the suburbs) is unaffordable.
