Virtual Journey to San Francisco - Boat Ride on the Red and White Fleet. Under the Golden Gate Bridge and Around Alcatraz Island... and MORE!

Boat Docking in San Francisco - gvan42

Bay Bridge and the Skyline of San Francisco - Long Ago - gvan42

San Francisco from the Water - new Skyscraper
San Francisco from the Water - new Skyscraper

Alcatraz Island San Francisco Bay - gvan42
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay

USS Pampanito submarine at Fisherman's Wharf SF CA
USS Pampanito submarine
Going Under the Golden Gate Bridge on a Boat - San Francisco CA USA
Going Under the Golden Gate Bridge on a Boat


Sour Dough French Bread for sale at Fishermans Wharf.jpg
Decades Ago there was Sour Dough French Bread for sale at this Corner of Fisherman's Wharf

Hyatt Centric Hotel at Fishermans Wharf San Francisco CA USA.jpg
Satellite View of the Hyatt Centric Hotel
at Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco CA USA


Big Bus Tour San Francisco CA USA - gvan42
Big Bus Tour San Francisco
99 Jefferson St, San Francisco, CA 94133 (corner of Jefferson and Mason Streets)
Map of Fisherman's Wharf - Big Bus Tour - 99 Jefferson Street

Municipal Fishing Pier San Francisco CA USA
Municipal Fishing Pier San Francisco

Seagull at Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco CA USA - gvan42
Seagull at Fisherman's Wharf


420 celebration on Hippie Hill Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA USA
420 Celebration 
on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park 

Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA USA .
Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park

Sculpture at the Conservatory of Flowers Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA USA
The Sculpture in Front of 
the Conservatory of Flowers.

Japanese Tea Garden Bridge in Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA USA
Japanese Tea Garden Bridge in Golden Gate Park

Buddha in the Japanese Tea Garden - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco CA USA
Buddha in the Japanese Tea Garden

Polo Field Golden Gate Park 2022 San Francisco CA USA
Polo Field Golden Gate Park 2022

Polo Field 1969 Anti War Protest March San Francisco CA USA
Polo Field at The Moratorium 
Anti-War Protest March in 1969
Photo by Dave Glass

Poster invitation to the Human Be-In at the Polo Fields
Also at the Polo Fields... 
The Human Be-In

Dutch Windmill Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA USA
Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park

Dutch Windmill Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA USA photo taken from a Boat
Dutch Windmill is Right on the Beach


View from the Top of Twin Peaks San Francisco CA USA
View from the Top of Twin Peaks

Cable Cars in San Francisco CA USA
Cable Cars in San Francisco

Saint Mary's Cathedral San Francisco CA USA
Saint Mary's Cathedral
It always reminds me of the 
inside of a Washing Machine... 

Inside Saint Mary's San Francisco CA USA
Inside Saint Mary's
Those Golden Rods Move in the Breeze 
and Look Like Rain Coming Down... 

Jefferson Airplane House - Back when it was Black and Gold
Jefferson Airplane House 
Back when it was Black and Gold
Directly Across Fulton Street from
Golden Gate Park.

The Corner of Haight and Ashbury San Francisco CA USA
The Corner of Haight and Ashbury Streets

Grateful Dead Playing in the Haight Ashbury 1968
Same Street in 1968... 

710 Ashbury Street - Grateful Dead House
710 Ashbury Street
Grateful Dead House
MANY Local Bands Posing.

Dragon Gate - Chinatown - San Francisco CA USA
Dragon Gate - Chinatown

Bay Bridge as seen from Rincon Park San Francisco CA USA
Bay Bridge as seen from Rincon Park

Another View of the Bay Bridge San Francisco CA USA
Another View of the Bay Bridge

Japantown Peace Plaza - San Francisco CA USA
Japantown Peace Plaza


Fort Point Historic Civil War Park and GG Bridge San Francisco CA USA
Fort Point Historic Civil War Park


Golden Gate Bridge from Rest Stop in Marin County CA USA
Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the Rest Stop 
in Marin County CA. 
We Always Stop Here on Our Way Home to Eureka.


Mariners Memorial Marin County CA USA
Officially, It's a Mariners Memorial.
I Just Stop There because FINALLY We Have
Escaped the City and There is Nothing
of Interest for a Hundred Miles.

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I find that I Have One Day Where I'm NOT Required to Participate in My Brothers Wedding...

Unitarian Universalist Church in San Francisco CA USA
Unitarian Universalist Church

Stained Glass Window UUSF CA USA
Stained Glass Window as Seen From Inside

real world meme

Yesterday I Took a Journey to WALMART to get a Covid-19 Booster Shot. It was an Uneventful Journey and I Got to Spent 15 Minutes after Getting Shot, relaxing and waiting to see if there was a Bad Reaction to the Shot. No Troubles. I did get an Opportunity to Look at the WALMART Shoppers... Yes, It's True! FREAKS! 

So I'm Thinking That While I'm In San Francisco I could Take a LYFT over to the Place I Get the Double Decker Bus... for a Tour! 

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This part written last week...
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I Haven't Left the House in Years... Except to Go to One Blood Test and One Doctor's Appointment... and I've been Invited to my Brother's Wedding that they Plan to Hold in Downtown San Francisco... Near the Tenderloin District... SO... as if I was Going on a Trip to Rio de Janeiro or Baghdad or any other Third World Hellhole... I'll have to Practice stepping over the Dead Bodies on the Street and the Tent Cities... Just like the Cardboard Structures of Johannesburg...

I tried to Convince my Brother to Hold the Wedding Outdoors on the Beach... For Safety's Sake... but his plan is to Hold it at The UUSF Church indoors... with everyone wearing masks... and everyone practicing social distancing... and everyone passing a COVID test before being allowed to Attend... I mentioned that at the Gridiron Dinner 70 People Got Infected... Due to GATHERING INDOORS... and I mentioned that if Everyone He Knows Gathers indoors we might ALL get Infected... But... The Concept of His Wedding being the Event That Killed "Aunt Suzi" or "Uncle Charlie" was ignored... so far... There IS an Excellent Beach at the End of Judah Street right next to The Hotel I always stay at... and the Java Beach Coffee Shop... Plenty of Parking and Not Near the DangerZone®

Last night I was Participating in the World Tapping Circle Group Meditation... and This Time, I simply decided to Do My Breathing and Chanting that I Learned from Mark Sims during The Harmonic Convergence... and the Combination of Sonya Sophia speaking Positive Healing Words backed by a Kaleidoscope while me Chanting "HU" really Opened my Mind as to What My Path Forward Should Be... THANKS!

There IS the Possibility that Acupuncture Really Works... Actual Ancient Wisdom... and Sonya Sophia's Group Webinar uses Acupressure... Basically Acupuncture without Needles... and Mark Sims Says that by Chanting "HU" it's possible to Invite Extra Terrestrials to Come Visit... and Teach Us... Well... I never Met any Aliens but... What IS Out There? God? the Wisdom of My Ancestors? The Group Mind GAIA? Whatever... I do get Great Idea when Doing That Breathing and Chanting... I find it Ironic that he uses "HU" which in ENGLISH is WHO? I also am Interested in What, Where, Why, How and SO WHAT! Both of these People are Wonderful Teachers...

Of Course, Even if I invented a Time Machine and we could travel back to the Glory Days of San Francisco... There Have Been Winos Begging on the Streets Near the Wharf... admire this Insightful Grateful Dead Song... Written by Robert Hunter... Especially the Meaningful Tone of Jerry Garcia's Voice... It appears that he Means Every Word he sings! and the Superb Electric Organ by Merl Saunders... Pigpen is also on this record...  There is Piano as well... 

The Song "Wharf Rat" from The "Skull and Roses" Album... 

and while I'm working on my Blog... I'm Listening to the China/Rider from the Europe '72 Album... They really cleaned up the Recording and it SPARKLES!

I'm reminded that while Inner-Tubing the Butte Creek in the Springtime, Sometimes I would be Completely Submerged and then POP UP and Break Thru the Water... BaWhoosh! and this Song Has Moments when the JAM would POP UP and Break On Thru to the Other Side... Specifically: right after the Lyric "My Mind Was Wandering Like a Wild Beast In The West" 7 minutes Exactly... and at that point all the Dancers in the Audience Would put their arms above their Heads and Wave 'Em All About! I've seen this at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia where I Chose to Sit at the Very Top of the Bleachers Right in the Center of the Horseshoe... I Could See the Frantic Enthusiasm of the Dancers Gradually Flow thru the Crowd on the Football Field Because... The Speed of Sound makes the Music Arrive Later in the Back! and I Knew... That in One Second... It Would Hit ME! That was also the Time When we Did "The Wave" during Intermission... 

I'm Sure Glad I Witnessed all those Concerts... FUN!
 

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Other Journeys

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Virtual Journey: Canada Tourist Guide & Autobiography. We Went on our Honeymoon to Vancouver, BC. We Rode a Bicycle built for Two in Stanley Park... and Many More Wonderful Places to Visit.


Virtual Journey: Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad - Visit Northern California's Coast. We Have Our Own Little World Here Behind The Redwood Curtain! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/eureka-arcata-trinidad.html


Virtual Journey: Trinity Alps, CA, USA - Drive the Bigfoot Highway (299) From Arcata on the Coast to Redding in the Central Valley. White Water Rafting! Gold Rush Ghost Towns!


Virtual Journey: to the Star Wars Flying Motorcycles Redwood Forest on Hwy 36 in Remote Humboldt County, CA, USA - and the Bridgeville UFO Festival, The Town of Mad River. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/virtual-journey-hwy-36-remote-humboldt.html


Virtual Journey: Lost Coast, CA, USA on Highway 211 - From Victorian Ferndale to The Beach, the Mountains of Mateel to the Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-virtual-drive-thru-remote-humboldt.html


Virtual Journey to San Francisco - Boat Ride on the Red and White Fleet. Under the Golden Gate Bridge and Around Alcatraz Island... and MORE!


Virtual Journey: The Smithsonian and Washington DC. Instead of Buying Gasoline and Driving There, Take this Magic Trip Instead! A Guided Tour to the Places My Family Wanted to See... 



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