We are currently in the California Delta area where we are enjoying the cool mornings. Saturday morning we rode the trike to San Francisco to do the tourist thing. We wanted to go to Alcatraz but when Dad went to buy the tickets for the boat ride out there, he found that they were sold out until Friday, August 1st. Can you believe that? Why do so many people want to tour an old prison on a rock in San Francisco Bay? We then decided to take a trike riding tour of the city where we saw Chinatown, Fishermans Wharf and the famed cable cars, among other things. We rode down Lombard St, the crookedest street in the country. In keeping with their hobby of finding historic grave sites, Mom and Dad took me to Colma, CA, home of all of San Francisco's cemeteries. They say there are more people below ground than above ground in Colma. We found the graves of Marshall Wyatt Earp and Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Dimaggio. We left San Francisco by riding the trike over the Golden Gate Bridge.
This morning, one of Dad's old co-worker buddies, Claude Taybi, came by and had coffee with Mom and Dad. Dad and Claude spent alot of time talking about the good old days. After that, Mom and Dad rode to Fairfield, CA and toured the Jelly Belly Factory. I wasn't allowed to go but I did get a Jelly Belly toy. This is the only "Jelly Belly" jelly bean factory in the world. They make over 145 million jelly beans every day and it takes up to 6 days to complete each jelly bean. Jelly Bellys have only been around since 1976 but the company has been making candy corn since 1900.
From news reports, we see where we left the Yosemite area just in time. There is a large fire between Mariposa, CA and Yosemite National Park. This is real close to where we had been staying.
In a couple of days, we will be heading North to the Redwoods National Park in Klamath, CA. Stay tuned.
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