We have been sticking pretty close to home since our most recent Southwestern trip, but we have been doing some noteworthy (at least to me) stuff that I thought I would share.
In early October we attended a gathering of the Ohlone peoples who were the original human residents of our area of th San Francisco Bay.
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| A Dance, there were also food and crafts booths. |
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| Replica canoe |
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| Guide interpreter |
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| Dugout habitation, folks moved every spring. These houses got wet in winter |
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| Almost a then and now image. From here you can almost imagine what the land looked like before Europeans, except for the power stanchion. |
About a week later I took my most ambitious walk since the surgery, up Flag Hill in Sunol. It rises about 1200 feet in a mile and is pretty rugged in spots.
Two images from a random drive along the Great Highway to the west of downtown San Francisco
And, finally, after the November Ohio Pen Show I visited Cincinnati to see my old friend Jim Hart and meet his wife, Olga. They asked what I wanted to see and my top choice was Cincinnati's Museum Center at Union Terminal. When I worked at the Cincinnati Historical Society in the late 1980s I was part of a team that helped conceptualize a history museum. The centerpiece was the river landing area, and my boss, Geoff Giglierano and I were the first to conceive of and then model the landing. This was the first time I have seen it.
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| Jim at the entry to the exhibits |
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| In front of the riverboat |
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| Jim and his wife, Olga |
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