September 13th 2005 Today, according to our schedule which had been planned by Vern and Raewyn, was our hike across the Golden Gate Bridge. We debated the best way to walk the bridge, whether to incorporate it with other activities, but wisely we didn’t try to pack too much into the day. We parked the […]
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Retail Therapy
September 12th, 2005 We spent today shopping, visiting bike shops, outdoor clothing shops, Frys electronic store, the San Antonio Center and of course a Safeways Supermarket for food. Brendan who had just driven up from Los Angeles became the driver having adapted really well to driving on the right hand side of the road. Vern […]
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September 10th, 2005 This is a diary of our travels to California in September October 2005 to visit Russell and his family. It has been written as a joint effort between Sally and myself and is a mix of descriptions recorded at the time and recollections intertwined with the narrative after we returned. The plan […]
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September 11th, 2005 We flew via Air New Zealand direct to San Francisco on their first refurbished 767 plane. Raewyn and Brendan had left a few days before to visit Los Angeles and they picked up a rental car and drove up to meet us at Russell’s place in Mountain View, about 45 minutes south […]
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