Author: Rosie

San Francisco – The Mission & The Painted Ladies

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Back on a jammed packed bus we then caught a tram to Alamo Square in the Haight area.  It was like being in another world, a white middle class one where we didn’t stand out at all and everything was nicely white bread.  Oh, yes that sounds bad…but if you had to pick a side….redneck Rosie all the way.

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California Roadtrip – Hoover Dam / Route 66 – Kingman, Oatman, Needles & Roys

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We were in Arizona, this is cowboy country, the landscape you see in every TV Western, the ground was rocky, there were rocky canyons and rocky lookout pinnacles and Route 66 was a winding, cracking, bumpy snake..it was a beautiful road….how could you opt for an 8 lane interstate?  Rosie did utter that statement without a trace of cynicism!

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San Francisco – Lombard St, Coit Tower & The Columbus Day Parade

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We asked at half a dozen places if they had room for two on the parade route…most said no they were fully booked, one lady told us that the tables are booked straight away for next year!  We didn’t give up, Rosie was determined to join the party and the Operator was hanging out for a Vino!  We finally found a table, were tacked onto the end….and had a ball for the next 4 hours!

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California Roadtrip – Route 66 – Barstow, Victorville, Elmers and Solvang

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Gleaming and shining in the morning sun was a weird forest of bottles….we hopped out of the car and Rosie wasn’t sure if we were allowed into the yard…The Operator said the gate was open so in we went.  It was like walking in a surreal dream bordering on creepy nightmare, yet you had your mouth open in amazement.  The sun was glinting off the bottles, squeaks and squeals of rusting machinery moving in the gentle breeze, hanging garden tools dangling in the air in front of you and you walked deeper and deeper into the garden.

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