In all my travels to the San Francisco area I’ve never had occasion to ride the BART rail system until now. I’m heading with Chris and Celeste into San Francisco to watch this afternoon’s Giants baseball game. Earlier we visited the WW2 aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which is a floating museum moored at Alameda; then we had lunch at the New Zealander – excellent food and drink (and rugby on TV). Lots of photos to upload when I get the opportunity…
UPDATE: Top of the 5th, the Phillies leading the Giants 4-3. This is a very nice new ballpark, though it wouldn’t be too much fun if I was sitting on the other side of the ground with the sun in my eyes.
FINAL: Well, the Phillies’ pitchers kept throwing strikes, and the Giants folded up, and the final was 8-5 to Philadelphia. So now I’m on the BART heading back to Berkeley, and then I’ll pick up my car and drive back out to Livermore. (Yeah, false economy.) And then tomorrow I’ll check out early and drive to Palo Alto (along what is reputed to be one of the worst commuting highways in the area). Ah, well.