San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge the iconic image of San Francisco. The bridge itself is far from the central business district and is only visible from the very western end of the city's shoreline. Ironically the Oakland Bay bridge is visible from most of San Francisco's hilly streets and dominates the water front of the Embarcadero, it gets very little attention.

 

The Ferry Building and the clock tower on Embarcadero

 

The Oakland Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

 

 

The Ferry arriving from Jack London Oakland 

 

 

Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill

 

 

Oakland Bay Bridge from Telegraph Hill

 

 

Views of the Bay from Telegraph Hill

 

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View of Bay from top of the stairs

 

 

 



                      View towards the business section of San Francisco

 

 

The Trans America Tower

 

 

Rites Of Spring

March 20th Thursday, the first day of Spring. Weather forecasts called for scattered 'snow flurries'. The month of March is known to be cruel, teasing us with 60F degrees one day and snow the next. The forecasters obviously didn't look out their windows the flurries were a traffic stopping whiteout. But it's Spring, time to get my bicycle out for the Spring ritual.

Another Rainy Saturday

This is possibly the 5th or 6th Saturday since April that the weather forecast called for possible thunder showers. Spring in New York is so undependable. Despite the forecast I decided to go out for an early "quickie" before the rain. The rain came down simultaneously with my stepping out the door. I sat on the deck depressed fully outfitted, shod, gloved and helmeted. Thirty minutes later the sun came out and the roads dried. Halfway through my "quickie" thick clouds rolled in. I continued my ride praying that the Bicycling Gods would be kind to me. Come to think of it, whose names would be on that list?.














High tide was above normal. The bridge over Meeting House Creek was about an inch above the water.













The seat with the best view in the house.


















Trek's newest model. The E.T built for the 2008 Tour De France.