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09-11-2026 Muir Woods National Monument

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Today is 9/11, and I want to pay homage to those who lost their lives during that horrific day. I still remember I was driving to work when I heard the news on the radio. It was an awful sinking feeling. May they all Rest In Peace. Today, we headed to Muir Woods National Monument . This is another park we are looking forward to visiting. Lisa picked me up and Barry drove the RV to Dumbarton Quarry RV Park in Newark, California. He was a little nervous but made it just fine. The only thing was that on 880 he hit a bump that knocked all the clothes off the rod in our closet. It didn't knock the rod off, just the clothes. Very weird.  The drive to Muir Woods was only about thirty minutes from Marin RV Park. This RV park turned out to be very convenient for a lot of what Lisa and I planned. If you go, just know you need a parking reservation. We were directed to a lot about a five-minute walk from the visitor center, so it was perfect.  We hiked the lower Redwood Creek Trail to B...
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09-10-2026 AWG Meeting at FamilySearch Center, Oakland CA

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Excited for today. Meeting with my AWG (Acalanes Writing Group) at the Oakland FamilySearch Center . We have planned this for months. We meet monthly to discuss our writing projects and give each other feedback. We have been meeting since 2019. I can't believe it's been that long. Everyone made it except Margaret. Unfortunately, she was sick.  We could have talked all day. We discussed making our in-person meeting next year a full-day event. We went to the same café as we did last year. My BLTA was tasty, and the bacon was done to my liking. After lunch, we talked a little longer, then went our separate ways.  Lisa and I drove over to MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline Park by the Oakland Airport to do some bird watching. The tide was in, so not many shore birds were hanging out. We did see a few Dunlin and Pied-billed Grebes.  Afterward, Lisa drove me back to the OFSC, and I headed back to Marin. Wonderful day.  Copyright © 2026 by Jacqueline Threet Henderson, Jacqueline'...
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09-09-2026 San Francisco Maritime Museum and Visitor Center, Hyde Street Pier, The Buena Vista Bar and Restaurant

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We visited all three places today.  Today, Lisa has a prior commitment, which means Barry is my chauffeur for the day. We plan to visit the Maritime Museum area and the Visitor Center. This is something he is interested in and visiting today makes sense.  We found parking just up the street from the museum. The museum is free since it's part of the Golden Gate National Park system. The walls are all painted with colorful murals. The exhibits cover the history of ships being buried under the old Yerba Buena area, with dioramas and a part of a ship's hull. Viewing and touching the ship's hull was cool. The dioramas are detailed and give you a good idea of what the area looked like before the shoreline was filled in to provide more land. There was also an exhibit about a man named Kenichi Horie , who sailed alone from Japan to San Francisco in 1962 at age 23. He has made numerous trips by himself. His last was in 2022 at 83 years old. The boat he used for his original trip, t...
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Location: San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
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