Weary Travelers
July 24 & 25, 2005
On Sunday (7/24) we left the Yosemite area and headed back to San Francisco. We stopped at an IHOP in Merced, CA for brunch. One interesting site we saw as we approached the Bay area were hundreds of windmills atop a mountain. Watching the temperature change was also intriguing. As we began to approach San Francisco Bay, the temperature began to drop. We experienced a high of 106 degrees, but by the time we reached the water on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge it was only 70 degrees. Sunday evening in San Francisco we were actually chilly because it was only in the upper 60s.
We arrived at our hotel near the airport about 3PM for a very short stay. We felt re-connected to the world because we once again had Internet access and our cell phones had a signal. After dinner at a small Italian restaurant in the area, we cleaned up a little, packed for the plane ride home, and took a nap.
About 3AM we got up, packed the car, and headed for the car rental return and airport. We were only a couple of miles away, so by 4PM we had turned in the car. We rode the AirTram (monorail) to our terminal, but then had to wait until a little after 4:30 AM to obtain our boarding passes, check our luggage, and pass through security. Once through security we had breakfast at a coffee stand in the terminal.
The plane left San Francisco on time. The movie shown on the way home was "Guess Who," a 2005 version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". While no airline food is great, we found the "snack" served on Delta to be particularly bleak - crackers and processed cheese spread, a box of raisins, and a small pack of oreos. They served us the same thing going to San Francisco (an evening flight) and coming home (an early morning flight). We arrived in Cincinnati a little ahead of schedule, but our flight from Cincinnati to Akron-Canton was delayed about 20 minutes because they were "waiting on a crew member."
The flight from Cincinnati to Akron was the roughest we had. There were thunderstorms in the area and we bounced around a little. However we arrived about 4PM, were able to retrieve our luggage very quickly, found our car, and headed to Wadsworth. We made it to our house by about 5PM and Katie and Betsy were at a WHS Band practice by 5:45.
This will be a trip we will always remember. We saw some wonderful things and had many terrific experiences together. The passing of Patty's mom will, of course, be forever linked with this vacation. However we are happy we decided to continue our trip, and truly believe that is what Mrs. Lupinski would have wanted. We look forward to future vacations, including a return to many of the places we've visited in the past few weeks.
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A selection of photos from our trip can be viewed at Flickr. You might like to watch them as a slideshow. Send us an email by clicking HERE.
On Sunday (7/24) we left the Yosemite area and headed back to San Francisco. We stopped at an IHOP in Merced, CA for brunch. One interesting site we saw as we approached the Bay area were hundreds of windmills atop a mountain. Watching the temperature change was also intriguing. As we began to approach San Francisco Bay, the temperature began to drop. We experienced a high of 106 degrees, but by the time we reached the water on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge it was only 70 degrees. Sunday evening in San Francisco we were actually chilly because it was only in the upper 60s.
We arrived at our hotel near the airport about 3PM for a very short stay. We felt re-connected to the world because we once again had Internet access and our cell phones had a signal. After dinner at a small Italian restaurant in the area, we cleaned up a little, packed for the plane ride home, and took a nap.
About 3AM we got up, packed the car, and headed for the car rental return and airport. We were only a couple of miles away, so by 4PM we had turned in the car. We rode the AirTram (monorail) to our terminal, but then had to wait until a little after 4:30 AM to obtain our boarding passes, check our luggage, and pass through security. Once through security we had breakfast at a coffee stand in the terminal.
The plane left San Francisco on time. The movie shown on the way home was "Guess Who," a 2005 version of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". While no airline food is great, we found the "snack" served on Delta to be particularly bleak - crackers and processed cheese spread, a box of raisins, and a small pack of oreos. They served us the same thing going to San Francisco (an evening flight) and coming home (an early morning flight). We arrived in Cincinnati a little ahead of schedule, but our flight from Cincinnati to Akron-Canton was delayed about 20 minutes because they were "waiting on a crew member."
The flight from Cincinnati to Akron was the roughest we had. There were thunderstorms in the area and we bounced around a little. However we arrived about 4PM, were able to retrieve our luggage very quickly, found our car, and headed to Wadsworth. We made it to our house by about 5PM and Katie and Betsy were at a WHS Band practice by 5:45.
This will be a trip we will always remember. We saw some wonderful things and had many terrific experiences together. The passing of Patty's mom will, of course, be forever linked with this vacation. However we are happy we decided to continue our trip, and truly believe that is what Mrs. Lupinski would have wanted. We look forward to future vacations, including a return to many of the places we've visited in the past few weeks.
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A selection of photos from our trip can be viewed at Flickr. You might like to watch them as a slideshow. Send us an email by clicking HERE.
posted by Bill Bauer at 5:38 PM
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