Today was interesting. The Air Pollution District for the San Francisco Bay Area declared to day a "Spare The Air Day". So what. Well, all the transit systems including San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties possibly other were included. Hop on Hop off at will. Ah, this is how transit systems should be. It's also the only way they will ever replace the car here in these states.
I rode Santa Clara Transit up to the Palo Alto Caltrain station, then Caltrain to Milbrea, then Bart (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to down town San Francisco, then San Francisco Muni Light Rail hoping on and off to see lots of the San Francisco villages. I then walked from Ocean Beach to the Golden Gate Bridge via the coastal trail, then more Muni buses here and there. Dinner in Chinatown, more buses to Caltrain back to Palo Alto, then Santa Clara Transit home. Even though I rode all that stuff, I still ended up walking about seven miles so I'm worn out. Then I heard that tomorrow is free as well. Too bad they'll only do this three times this season. All that hopping on and off would have probably cost 40 dollars into the fare box, assuming I bought day passes for each system.
The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the Costal Trail in Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A tour group on segways by the Maritime Museum.
The above doggie sign used to be at a Doggie Dinner hot dog stand by the zoo and was saved by the city. Street Art?
One of the reasons I went to San Francisco was that we were going to be really hot here in Palo Alto again. San Francisco was very nice, in the 80' not the high 90's and there was a nice breeze as well. Nice day.
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