.........the long flight

.........the descent into san francisco

.........the san mateo bridge

.........orinda

.........mom

.........george

.........redwood regional park

.........be back in my native habitat

.........two happy people

.........monument to the final four

.........maria's chambers

.........on the steps at san francisco city hall

.........lunch at the new de young museum

.........we try to find sean and chantel's house

.........claude the alligator at the steinhart aquarium

.........dolores park paradise

.........into the mission

.........dinner at walzwerk with charity and stephanie

.........ich komme aus der DDR

.........kerry gets fortified with vitamins and minerals

.........obligatory golden gate bridge photo

.........point reyes

.........water tower for the lighthouse

.........point reyes lighthouse

.........the specific ocean

.........prepared for some step aerobics

.........charity's footwear slows her down

.........elephant seals down on the beach

.........chimney rock

.........trail to mcclures beach

.........sandpipers

.........kerry does her best impersonation of a sheet of paper

.........our toes taste freedom

.........contrasting approaches

.........let's bury stuff

.........i try to calculate how long i've got before the tide comes in

.........gymnastics time

.........kerry spots me for safety

.........and they're off

.........it's kerry by a hoof

.........farewell mighty pacific

.........oysters and lagunitas IPA in inverness

.........stinson beach waves goodbye

.........pre-prandial conversation in lafayette

.........dad asks calla who she's texting

.........calla's busy schedule has her entertaining us again the following night in orinda

.........kerry gets a california birthday

.........gifts include some very exciting plastic bags (as seen on TV)

........."this is where i come from. no, here. no no, definitely here."

.........lizard gets a tan

.........view from muir woods out to the ocean

.........a last bit of lush northern california

.........kerry has no comment

.........stephanie adopts a positive attitude about her new home city

.........a self-washing buidling? a weed sprinkler? a refreshing pedestrian mister?

.........on the sidewalk outside my old san francisco apartment, evidently still luxury accommodations

.........back in the air again

.........see you next time