San Francisco August 2022

 Quick trip to San Francisco.

I had not been to San Francisco since being in the Bay to Breakers race in 2016.

Some of the pictures here are of the same places I took pictures of in 2016. 
Some things are simply worth doing again.

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Alcatraz

I don't usually post pictures of meals, but this was so good.
Cioppino's in Fisherman's Wharf area.

This is an absolute must see.
If you have not been there, go this year.

I don't know if you have ever heard of the "Lockpicking Lawyer". 
I'm thinking he could open all of these in under 30 minutes.

This was not pre-planned, but this is nearly the same picture I took in 2016.
It's all about perspective.

Lombard Street

The carousel at Pier 39

Pier 39

I still have not been on one of these but they are fun to watch.

There were not as many sealions as when I visited in 2016.

"This is the city"

Yeah ok - I know Joe Friday was in LA not San Francisco. 

San Diego June 2022

 Photos from a quick trip to San Diego in June 2022.

I had not been to San Diego since August 2016.  Even though I had been to these places previously it was fun to revisit them.

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Belmont Park

Gaslamp District after 5

Entrance to the Gaslamp District from the South

Mission Beach

Mission Beach

No trip to San Diego is complete without visiting the Zoo.  
I opted to keep my fingers outside of the chain-link fence....

Reminds me of the Ant and The Aardvark
(even though this is an anteater)

Ahhh....

It has been a while since I have seen a lotus/lily pond.
(This is at the zoo)

At the zoo.

America's Cup Harbor via Shelter Island

My Hike to "The Wave"

 Photos from my hike to The Wave in Coyote Buttes North in the Paria Canyon / Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area in October 2020.

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My hike started well before October. 
I applied for a permit in the online lottery in July. 
My permit arrived the first week of September.

The materials sent with the permit included a description of how to hike
to The Wave along with photos for reference.

I spent the night before the hike at the Stateline Campground.   
The campground's claim to fame is that it is the northern terminus of the Arizona Trail.

View of the campground area from a short ways up the Arizona Trail.

The scenery on the hike to The Wave is as impressive as The Wave itself.

This is the "Mini Wave".  It is just before The Wave.

The entrance to The Wave.

    

   

The pictures that follow are all at The Wave and immediate surrounding area.

The look at the route back to the trailhead from The Wave.

I created videos show the route to and from the wave: