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Walkabout

Not exactly an aboriginal activity when the said event took place along the San Francisco shore.  But today being the day before Thanksgiving I decided to stroll the quiet eastern shoreline that is the Embarcadero in the morning hours before the crowds came in.

The weather could not have been better.  An overnight downpour had left the city sidewalks shiny clean and the upcoming sun was soaking my back warm.  Here are a few glimpses of how the walk unfolded.


Along Pier 1 - where nary a soul stirred.  Even the gulls had the day off.
New tallest building pushing into the clouds in its semi finished state - will belong to a software maker that helps run big business in the cloud

For the newbie a few things to note if you happen to visit this part of the world.  The piers are numbered from 1 to 41 with the odd numbers running north from the Ferry Building.
Pier 39 known by some where the sea lions party and an Italian setup a chocolate factory (aka Ghirardelli Chocolate) is at the north end of this walk.

The even numbered piers run south to number 40 from the Ferry Building towards the ATT Baseball park.  The Oakland Bay Bridge pictured below travels due SW from Oakland to put cars into SF.

The Ferry Building as the name suggests is the terminus for local bay plying ferry services due east and north connecting the outer burbs to SF bringing in hordes of commuters on a workday.  Not today.  It is holiday week in the USA and it was just right for my kind of walking.

Raindrops from night before rest on an outdoor table which will soon be hosting some organic burgers and fries 

Financial district with the iconic Transamerica pyramid seen from Pier 1

Coit hill seen from Pier 1
The Panorama is quite the Manorama

If your pedi are tired you can cab it - no takers yet

The farmers market setting up at 10 am

Other local artisan starting to unwrap for the post lunch tourists
A few miles of this morning traipsing and I was a new man.

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