Jacqueline’s Jaunts

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'...

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...