Ramada Limited Oakland

... a lots of people on the streets, many waiting on public transportation. It always amazes me the lifestyle people live who have good public transportation. Maybe in my lifetime St. Augustine will have a train to Jacksonville .... oh yeah that's right we have the trains to nowhere from one end of downtown to the other.<br><br>After I hook back up with Marshall, we walk over to the EZ Ship store to ship some more treasures back home. Another $32 ...

... destination of EJ Phair Brewing Co. They have so many beers they don&#8217;t offer a sampler, but they will gladly give you samples to help make your selection. EJ Phair was there and was very helpful in letting us know of some other places we won&#8217;t want to miss while in Oakland. I tasted the Shorty Revenge, Red Rocket and Downtown Brown and all were outstandingly good. The Red Rocket had great flavor, hoppy with a bit of a residual bitter finish. The ...

... etc) and while I acknowledge that the song is from meet me in St Louis (i think it is anyhow) and has nothing to do with the SF trolley cars it still seemed appropriate and gave me a cheap thrill, so HURRAH. The trolley took us up and over hills, though sadly not near Lombard Street (the crookedest street ) as we'd planned because the trolleys appeared to be having some difficulty... no worries, Lombard St is now added to the list of "to dos" for the next visit ...

... got a ride through the burbs of San Fran, including some of those famous hilly streets, and a bit of free tourist advice from the 2 locals. Arriving at the hotel a bit after 12 noon we check in, settled and decided to go for a bit of a wander. I already like San Fran more then LA and we only been here 12 hours. Easy though, there is less then 1m in San Fran compared to about 10m!!

San Francisco Day 1 - The Sights 27th June 2008 We headed downtown to the visitor information centre first thing to get information on what we wanted to see. This was no easy task, the info centre was a bit hidden and tucked away downstairs, but eventually we succeeded. We sat in a square for a while just people watching and for the life of me I can't remember what it is called (maybe Union Square??). Interesting especially watching people ...

... to be about the right size, then just order a bunch of wallets from Costco and cut them down to passport photo size. The next time I time I take a trip to a tropical area I'm going without taking any luggage whatsoever. Seriously. Board the plane with a pair of Chacos, a pair of shorts, a lightweight cotton collared shirt, a ball cap, an iPod, camera and cell phone in your pockets, a money belt with your passport, $1000 cash, an extra credit ...

... else. I've gone 7,500 miles without one! Gas prices keep rising and it's annoying. More than annoying, draining me of funds. I wanted to say that I've stopped in Portland so I decided I'd get food there. Denny's it is. The city is beautiful from the drive through it. And it was neat as I drove in it. Plenty of trees. At the Denny's, I got myself a sandwich, my server's name was Iseli (like "eyez-lee ...

... up to the farming region of the central valley. Here you could see various leafy farms like lettuce, spinach, etc... This was very different than Midwest farming where you plant miles and miles of corn and soybeans. Fields were irrigated in and crops planted in very exact tracts. We made it to Oakland with time to spare and dropped the rental car at the airport. The RV rental was located very close to the Oakland Colliseum. We rented a 31 foot ...

Happy Groundhog Day! I see the Pennsylvania groundhog has predicted six more weeks of winter. Gosh it's hard to leave all this behind!! Today it's drain the water, wash the salt and snow off the cars, do last-minute laundry and ironing and water the plants ...

... As I had neglected to check out the weather and news for the day before I checked out of the Salisbury Hotel, I was totally unaware that the bumpy descent and raining buckets were due to the front edge of a typhoon striking Taiwan. The typhoon would eventually kill at least five people in Taiwan. My stay in Taipei was brief, only an hour and a half before I was away again, winging it home to San Francisco. EVA Air is what is considered a budget airline, but ...