We Arrived in San Francisco

Omar got us to the airport in plenty of time. We flew Delta from Kansas City to Salt Lake City and then on to San Francisco. Either Delta is flying miniature airplanes or the passengers are getting a lot bigger. These were Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) planes and they had two seats on each side of the aisle. It seemed we were almost sitting on each other's laps. The plane from Salt Lake City was a little bigger but not much. I never have seen a passenger get an extension for the seat belt before but the guy across the aisle was too big to buckle his seat belt and they gave him and extender.


Apart from being cramped, the trip was good. There is a lot of snow in the Rockies already. It was pretty cloudy most of the way and when we got to San Francisco it was raining and foggy (surprise!). Our rental car is a bright gold Ford Focus. It will be easy to spot anywhere we go. It has satellite radio and Jill turned the radio on and we listened to the Mizzou-KSU game on our way into the city.


The motel is a little creepy but we are hoping it looks better in daylight and no rain. We are near the Civic Center and that is a good location for seeing the city so we will be OK for two days. We walked to Rocco's restaurant on Folsom St. which was about three blocks. We decided that this is about as far away from Jefferson City as you can get and still be on the same planet. The restaurant was great (Gnocchi was great) but the walk was an eye-full. We now know where to go to buy all sorts of skimpy leather thingies. If they didn't have mannequins we would not have been able to imagine how one would wear them.


We got back to the motel and locked the door. Jill finished up her homework and we mapped out our plan of attack for tomorrow. We called Jim and made plans to see him on Monday. We are not adjusted to the time change so we will probably fall asleep early.