San Francisco

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As regular readers know, we haven't been going many places since we've been home. A good friend lives up near San Francisco and is a founding member of the Walt Disney Family Museum. When she found out we had never been there, she graciously asked us to be her guests for a tour of the museum and a celebration of the lives of Wally Boag and Betty Taylor

I could write volumes about Wally Boag and Betty Taylor, but that's another story entirely (feel free to click on their names for more info on this incredible pair). If you're really interested, click here and you'll see why these two are missed so very much.

We had the most wonderful afternoon, but unfortunately, there is no photography allowed in the Museum, nor at the lecture. Instead, I'm going to take you on a photo tour of my day in San Francisco.

Let that serve as a warning before your proceed, cause there's lots of pictures ahead! Keep in mind that these were mostly taken through the window of a moving car, so some aren't as sharp as they could be. And sometimes, you'll see reflections of the windows.

As always, these all look better if you click on them. That way you can see all the detail that doesn't always show up in the thumbnails.

Here we go.

As you can see,

it's a perfect San Francisco day

Lots of pictures of the bridge

and gorgeous old houses.

I liked the way the bay looked

framed by the pilings.

It was such a glorious day . . .

Like always,

I can't resist playing with the color.

The Museum is in the old Presidio,

so many of these shots are from that area.

There were lots of sailboats.

Again, the bridge.

After the Museum,

we made a quick jump

over to the Letterman Digital Arts Center .
You might know it better as the new home
of LucasArts.

Is this the coolest fountain

you've ever seen?

Done perfectly to scale.

I had to include a closeup of Yoda's face.

The campus is quite fine.

Can you imagine working here?

A beautiful bronze statue of

Eadweard James Muybridge (18930-1904).

Known as the Father of Cinema,

he's another one you might want to read up on.

I had to include this close up . . .

This is also part of the Lucas campus.

Then it was time to start home.

I guess I could live here.

Or here.

While not as sharp as I'd like,
for me, this just looks so much like
San Francisco.

These are right on the highway.
They have the best ocean views.

Further down the coast, we saw this.
Enlarge it and tell me,
does this man have wings?

Just a few miles down the road,
we saw this.
I would love to fly,
but I think I'm too afraid to try this.

We had a spectacular day, and while I know I'm posting too many pictures, I wanted to remember every moment.

Thank you Cindy.