The City by the Bay

Well, I'm finally blogging after Randy's ceaseless "encouragement". I'm not sure what exactly to write or if anyone will ever read my posts that are floating around in cyberspace but it will, at least, serve as a good place to jot down experiences and adventures. Our latest journey took us over to San Jose, California! I've never been to California before and found it to be quite different than the picture that television had painted on my mind's eye. I fully expected our arrival to be greeted with warm sun, green palm trees lining the street and sandy beaches with in-line skaters whizzing by and flashing their "way too white to be natural" smiles and tanned skin. There were palm trees. It wasn't what I had imagined but the area, especially San Francisco, was beautiful! The Golden Gate Bridge was amazing and did you know that there are painters that continuously repaint the bridge? They start on one side, paint all the way down to the other side only to turn right back around and start over?! Talk about a monotonous job!! We took a tour cruise around the bay, sailed under the GGB, back around Alcatraz and then back to the Fisherman's Wharf. After the cruise, we went out to the docks where the sea lions gather and watched them play and sunbath - they're so funny!! Arr Arr Arr! Well, we landed from our return flight yesterday and we're headed back to work tomorrow night. I don't mind it, though, because when we get off of work Wednesday morning we're flying back to SC to see everyone!! I'm so excited!!! Well, ta ta for now!