Current location:	San Francisco, CA
Current mood:	sleepy
Current music:	rancid - journey to the end of the east bay
Entry tags:	california

he said this is a mecca
Day 21
San Francisco, CA

Much to the surprise of everyone in the world, I'm sure, I love this city. Yesterday we drove up Hwy 1 (for the most part, barring detour near the end) into San Francisco. We checked into our motel and then went out to do fun things. We headed over to Castro St. First we went and found the Pirate store - 826 Valencia, which, if I understand correctly, was a children's writing center first, and the proceeds from the store benefit the writing program. Also, apparently, some stuff you can't buy - you have to barter for it. Also, they have cool fish.

Then it was back to Castro St, which we reached by climbing this ridiculous hill. I mean, I knew San Francisco was hilly and all, but not THIS hilly. This was seriously just walking up a 45 degree angle. But we felt hardcore after we did it. Anyway, walked down Castro St back to the car while sight seeing and shopping. Castro St. is pretty amazing. There were so many places that I would have loved to visit, but we just didn't have the time. Also, Kaitlyn, we found the bookstore you were talking about. What a great fucking bookstore. I didn't buy anything because there were so many things I wanted to buy I couldn't decided. Definitely a place that's on high priority to come back to.

After Castro we had to find the restaurant we had reservations at. This was a fun game because apparently Irving St. does not exist sometimes. But it all worked out okay because we got there right on time and had a really really good sushi dinner. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it right now.

Back to the motel. We were only going to rest for a few hours before checking out the nightlife, but that plan failed due to lack of will to stop watching Ghost Hunters. Also there were shady people in the motel parking lot with a huge pile of random stuff, a rotweiller, and a red SUV. SO WEIRD. And yet, so fascinating.

Anyway, today we're driving up to the Redwood Forest, then over to Boise, and then Yellowstone. It's the long haul back to the east.