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Lands End National Park is on the northwest edge of San Francisco. It seems like it should be a great area: dramatic views of the wide-open Pacific Ocean & the Golden Gate bridge, giant cargo ships from Asia at anchor, a little bit away from the heart of the city. It’s… ok.
The hike was nice, the company was great. Someone dumped a couch in a bushy area off one of the trails. Or, maybe they put it there to, like, sit on. (San Francisco is so weird.)
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I was in the bay area on a Fleet trip & I was staying somewhere in Mountain View. The day before this, me & some friends had been discussing going to the Stanford Theater which was doing a run of historic films. The showing was “Gone With the Wind” which we decided we could skip.
I went to Palo Alto this day by myself anyway not to go to the movie but to hit Palo Alto Creamery for lunch.
I took the picture below while I was walking around downtown. I like these kinds of old-timey places (e.g., diners & movie theaters) well beyond reason. I think I like the idea of them more than anything.
I don’t give a damn.
Jeff & Karina had some sort of test plan for Gandalf in mind (their dog, not the wizard). It involved driving. They came from SJ, got me in Palo Alto & we all went up to SF for the hike. They’re the best.
One of the more interesting things I didn’t know about before the hike was the Sutro Baths complex. This is what it used to look like:
Sutro Baths, 1896.
This photo is giving off very strong Szechenyi Baths vibes. Szechenyi is in Budapest & is one of the more luxurious places I’ve been. The people of San Francisco maybe decided they didn’t need an elegant, old-world bath complex on the Pacific Ocean (or maybe it’s because it’s always foggy & cloudy & cold so no one wanted to go swimming or bathing.) Again, so weird.