Tues

Up very early--4 AM!! Wanted to miss the traffic to SF--and didn't really hit any until Oakland! The ride was good--took the 5--the 1 would have been pretty but we didn't want to spend that many extra hours in the car.
On the way to SF--about 1/2 hour outside there are amazing windmills in the really lush green hills--with cows all over!! Very neat looking--went in over the Oakland bridge--easily found our hotel in Japantown, so neat! A big pagoda across the street and a whole Japanese mall!
We got settled in and then took the bus to Chinatown--walked all over--such a neat place!! Then we went to the cable car museum(didn't ride one--it was $5 a person!) saw the history of the cars and the big belt drive..then we walked up and down Nob Hill--geesh!!! Of course in my gracefullness I tripped and wiped out--my knee still smarts!! Then we went over to the Japanese mall--really interesting stuff..got some Origami supplies--we had a yummy Thai dinner and then konked out!