San Fran Golden Gate

San Fran is is apparently very windy and foggy. This is a view looking North then turning East into the Bay. You may wonder why I didn't turn West to see the Pacific or South so I could see the Golden Gate Bridge... but it's because even though this is the best vantage point in all SF to see both, it was so foggy all I could see was "white!" (Tanner felt bad - but it's tough to control the weather, even when you're an Augustin)

Here's what we COULD see of the Golden Gate... :)

Even when you're ON the Golden Gate, it's hard to see the Golden Gate!

Arighty - so I have yet to send sweet pics from the Napa Valley and from the San Fran downtown/wharf. I know these pics are a lot of fog, and no, Tanner, I didn't put these on to spite you :) ... I must confess that I just wanted to use the NEW Blogger feature that allows you to post your own vids! So here I am, jumping on the technological bandwagon only 3 years after YouTube!

Minnesota

Well - just got back from visitin' my best buds up in Minneapolis... good good times! Gotta see the downtown, uptown, and toured St. Paul's own Summit brewery - even got to go running around the area and freaked out some noon-day corporate power walkers - a whole gaggle of them. By the looks on their faces, I'm guessing they weren't expecting a sweaty, shirtless runner to be coming around the corner... and after my 3rd lap of the man-made corporate island I figured out that I was going the wrong way, since I never caught up with anyone, I just kept passing them face-to-face. Which of course made it all the more awkward. But I just did what I usually do in those situations... I pretended to know what I was doing, averted eye-contact, and then ran off into the corner and bawled like a little girl. It's worked every time.

Ahhh - but it's good to be back in Nebraska.