After our whirlwind tour of San Francisco, we were ready to relax a bit. But first we had to get out of town. As usual, it was a foggy morning and the top of the Golden Gate Bridge was lost in the fog..
After we crossed the bridge, I would have liked to stop in
the vista parking lot, but it was full.
Ron did a drive thru and I just snapped a picture out the window.
We stayed at the Petaluma Elks for three nights - $25 for
full hookups, even sewer. We really didn’t
do much other than shopping and laundry, but one day we took a drive around
Marin County. We were going to stop at
Muir Woods National Monument, but it was packed! I don’t know if something special was going
on, but the parking lots were full and cars were parked along the road for at
least a mile. Luckily, we had both been
there a couple of times and we’ll see plenty of redwoods as we head north.
We stopped at a viewpoint on the Marin Headlands, and
happened upon these ‘base end stations’ from World War II. The soldiers were stationed here to watch for
enemy ships entering the San Francisco harbor.
There was an interesting story about ordering parkas for
these soldiers to keep them warm during the cold coastal summer. I guess they came too late for my father who
caught pneumonia and ended up in the hospital while stationed there.
I don’t know how they could watch for anything with the typical fog. This is the view from that point.
We had a nice drive, made even better by a stop at Marin
French Cheese Company. ‘If you give free
cheese, they will come.’
Cool to be able to see where your Dad was on Duty...
ReplyDeleteDuring WWII, my dad got outfitted with all winter gear for Alaska. Then he and his unit boarded a ship for overseas. 40 days later, he landed on the island of Saipan in the South Pacific. Leave it to the Army! :c)
ReplyDeleteIt must have been really cold just stuck in those lookouts with the wind blowing in.
ReplyDeleteMark Twain once said, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
ReplyDeleteI like the story of the parkas ... I probably had a few people scratching their heads when they saw me with two jackets on and the hoodie pulled over my head when we were waiting in the customer service lounge a few days ago. I'd have said the same thing ... you had to be there to understand ;-)
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine how boring standing in the cold looking at the fog must have been?
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