DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG

65: time to hit the road

I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.

Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.

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Dec 4: SF

Chamber music concert in the Century Women's Club, in their 1904 Edwardian on Franklin. Club started by Phoebe Hearst in 1886, still...

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Dec 7, 20221 min read

Dec 2: SF

Lincoln Park and the Richmond today.. Took the 1 California (remember: $1.25!) to 33rd ave, where California ends at steps into Lincoln...

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Dec 4, 20221 min read

Dec 1: SF

Monday 11/28: lost day. No idea. Tuesday 11/29: Presidio branch, SF public library. A Carnegie library. Did some reading.. Then to North...

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Dec 1, 20221 min read

Nov 27: SF

Today's neighborhood: Bernal Heights.. Leslie left in the AM for LG; dropped me at Lowe's in the no-man's-land that is Bayshore Blvd, to...

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Nov 28, 20221 min read

Nov 17-26: SF days

Lunch in Chinatown.. Home to LG on the muni 45 and Caltrain.. The Mission.. Gus' Market in the Mission.. Alamo Square.. Ft Mason looking...

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Nov 26, 20221 min read

Nov 16: SF day 12

Pretty interesting day today. The setup: it's Big Game week. During big game week there is the Big Sail, a set of match races sponsored...

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Nov 20, 20221 min read

Nov 10-15: SF days 6-11

100 year old window frame coming apart, fixed.. Out to the marina. Bikes not much cheaper than scooters, dang. Apparently some of the...

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Nov 18, 20221 min read

Nov 8-9: SF days 4-5

Tuesday, Lafayette Park: WILSF3.. ... Wednesday, after my morning run up Broadway, over to Pacific, back to Gough, backwards-walk up to...

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Nov 10, 20221 min read

Nov 7: SF day 3

Spent the AM in the library - a Carnegie library, built in 1918 - filling out my midterm ballot. Submitted.. Home for lunch.. And...

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Nov 8, 20221 min read

Nov 6: SF day 2

Up early (aided by the fact that dst ended), coffee at the Spinelli's replacement on Jackson & Fillmore with Leslie, she left for LG. Up...

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Nov 6, 20221 min read

Nov 5: SF day 1

Our tenant has moved out of our postage stamp in SF, and as I always have (this is the 3rd time), I am camping out 'til we replace her....

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Nov 6, 20221 min read

Nov 2, 2022

A day at home. Fall clouds over downtown LG (10 min walk from home). Looking south.. Coffee with Alla & Adrienne at Fluer de Cacao.....

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Nov 2, 20221 min read

Oct 30, 2022

Beach for my birthday. 1st up: the Gayle's road to its terminus. Pictures to be supplied. Then, 2-1/2 hour walk New Brighton past Rio Del...

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Oct 30, 20221 min read

66?!? Oct 26-27

A week at home alone while Leslie was visiting her uncle in S Dakota, during which Adrienne came to call for a couple days.. But mostly I...

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Oct 30, 20221 min read

Nai’a to BC Tue Oct 18

Solo crossing from Sidney to Point Roberts, WA. Up and out, sunrise + 15 min.. Dang, didn't think to photograph the route plot. Well here...

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Oct 20, 20221 min read

Vancouver Island Mon Oct 17

Sidney, prep for crossing to Pt Roberts. Having spent the week on Vancouver Island while the good folk at Philbrook Boatworks worked on...

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Oct 20, 20221 min read

Vancouver Island Sun Oct 16

The drive back to Sidney from the west coast. Up and out early to get back in time to interview potential companions for the crossing to...

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Oct 20, 20221 min read

Vancouver island Sat Oct 15

West coast: Ucluelet and Tofino are small towns at either end of a section of coast with nice beaches, popular among surfers. Up early...

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Oct 20, 20221 min read

Vancouver Island Fri Oct 14

Reserved an Airbnb on the west coast of the island, between Ucluelet and Tofino. Takes a day to get there; today is that day. Early...

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Oct 15, 20221 min read

Vancouver island Thu Oct 13

Enough of Sidney & Victoria; rented a car to explore the island. Early departure from Sidney.. There's a loop around the south tip of the...

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Oct 15, 20221 min read

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