The St. John's Bridge & Cathedral Park

Finally publishing this on 6/16/2022...yes years later.  Blog had been on a long hiatus.  Trying to tie up loose end with a trip that happened during the Spring of 2018...

Just wondering if people read blogs anymore?

Carpinteria Day 2 - 8th Street Bridge

We saw a brief mention of this bridge on a "sights to see flyer" somewhere in town...

and I'm a sucker for bridges, so...

Portland Day 3 - Either/Or Coffee

Our third day in Portland began bright and early...well, more like cloudy, eh.

We crossed one of Portland's many bridges...

Arriving in Sacramento

Davis to Sacramento...

wasn't too far off and while we did hit a few snags in traffic...

Signs in Long Beach + Bridges in San Pedro

Check out this old school sign for Don the Beachcomber...

This was one of those kitschy tiki places...one where you could probably get a stiff tropical drink. It will have to be next time...

Pudding Creek Trestle Bridge

Not that far from the coffee shop was a historic bridge...

that straddled a now dry Pudding Creek...

Arroyo Grande Bridge

Finally, we were here...

A small coastal town in San Luis Obispo County...Did you know this is the hometown of pretty boy Zac Efron?  Well, now you do! Onward...

Playing the Crab Carillon on the 25th Street Bridge

This rather inocuous bridge from above is one you might have driven under many times while on the 94...

Atop the bridge on the western pedestrian walkway is a piece of interactive public art...

Passing through Marin County...

With coffee from Well Grounded in our system, we set the gps for our next stop which was a one and a half hour drive to the other side of bay. On the map, El Cerrito and Point Reyes looks pretty close by but in reality, it was a LONG ASS DRIVE! Our first task was getting through this...getting on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge...

which we drove on back in Summer 2011 to check out the Marine Mammal Center (Free!)...

Luckily, we have a transponder (since we use the 125) and guess what people, it works for all bridges in California. So we passed up all of these poor bastards and zipped through more easily than most, heh heh...

Georgia Street Bridge

Does this bridge look familiar to you?

If you've ever driven west on University Ave towards Hillcrest, you've driven under this bridge...

Bay Area Roadtrip - Day 3 Highlights

With a bit of sadness, we left Thane and his family in El Cerrito...

seeing the new portion of the Oakland Bay Bridge while en route to the City...

Photo medley - random meals, funny stuff and more...

It's time again for one of those posts where I compile the pics don't really warrant a full-on post, such as this bitch kickin' pair of purple patent fake Docs.

I don't remember what the brand was, but I know it definitely was NOT Doc Marten's, at only $24.99? Real Docs are $100 or more and better quality than these fake leather shoes. These boots will probably fall apart after two or three wears, but boy, I do like that eggplant shade!

Then again, it's not the 1990's and I'm not Daria Morgendorffer and can get away with wearing these....

Sigh...If only...

Return to the Quince Street Bridge

From Little Italy, we took the surface streets to Bankers Hill with the El Cortez looming in the distance...

In the 60's, the El Cortez was the tallest building downtown, according to my dad. It was probably a cool sight to see when they still had their outdoor glass elevator.

Our next stop was a bridge my sis hadn't yet explored and was curious to cross...

The First Avenue Bridge

Right after our "walk" across the Quince Street bridge, this next one was on our list...

In fact, while on the previous bridge, we saw this yellow bridge from afar, on the western edge of Maple Canyon. A fire engine had raced over it, catching our attention and when we saw another bridge there, we wanted to find it....

Quince Street Bridge

Fresh from our quick jaunt across the Vermont Street Bridge...

and armed with a printout of the many bridges in San Diego, we found our next bridge to cross...

Vermont Street Bridge

Have you ever gone to the Trader Joe's in Hillcrest?

Perhaps, you've parked in the back...

and you might have noticed a bridge...

Return to the Spruce St.Suspension Bridge

After our lunch at Project Pie, I thought it would be fun to take the three girls here since we were in the area:

Looks like someone graffitied this since the last time we visited back in the Fall...such a shame that people feel the need to vandalize public property...

"Just answer the five, three questions!"

After our genteel afternoon sipping tea at Shakespeare's, we wanted to visit a certain hidden bridge I'd only heard about but had never visited. Until today that is.

Luckily, we did not have to answer five three questions by the bridgekeeper to cross the Bridge of Death!

"What is your name?"
"What is your quest?"
"What is the capital of Assyria?"

"I DON'T KNOW THAT!!!"

Gotta love that British humour!

But back to the bridge...