Hello San Francisco

Rest stop between San Diego and San Francisco. Staying in this area is when we got to visit the awesome Hearst Castle

I tried to trade our RV for this cute pink trailer. Room for me but not Jeff so I decided not to trade. 

Look what I found driving down the highway. My home town... Go Mt. Olive 

Drive between San Diego and San Francisco

Lucky Gail  - Jeff saw a billboard on our way to San Francisco of my favorite wine. I was so excited until we tried to pull this large Motorhome into their small parking area. Of course out runs a manager and looked at us like we were crazy. I opened the door and said I just want to buy some of my favorite wine. I guess he thought what a weirdo and felt sorry for us and told us where to park. After turning around and tearing up a small area of their lawn we got parked (I did tell them that we tore up a little lawn)  I was so excited to be their and try some other varieties of J. Lohr wine. At 10:00 am in the morning I tasted 4 different cabernet's and fell in love. I bought 3 bottles that you can't buy in the stores and a sweatshirt. I left with a buzz and excitement from my purchases. 

Here is a small area of the vineyard. The wines I bought are from hand picked gapes. The wine I normally drink is from machine picked. 

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Delicious Dinner at Hitching Post (where they filmed the movie Sideways)....we enjoyed a wonderful glass of wine and a steak. 

~~~~~~~~~Happy Trails~~~~~~~~~

Hello San Francisco

A little fact most of you don't know. In 1993 Jeff and I visited San Francisco and fell in love with the coffee bars.  We went home and Jeff started his extensive search and knowledge about opening a coffee store.  In 1995 the 1st - The Coffee Link was developed and open the 1st store in downtown St. Louis. Very successful so we opened a second but changed the name to The Coffee and Bagel Link. That wasn't enough for Jeff so we opened a third store. Poor Nathan and Tamara started working at a young age. Nathan (age 16) made bagel dough and Tamara ( age 12 ) made cream cheese. After hard work and dedication we closed all stores in 1999. 

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San Francisco Independent Film Festival

57th Year. 

We saw 7 movies and talked to many interesting people. We would stand in line for 1 hour in advance because every movie is sold out. There is a waiting list line for all the movies. While waiting in line that is where we meet so many friendly people. 

The movies that we saw:

Supermensh: The Legend of Shep Gordon - Mike Myers produced this fascinating documentary of the life of famous Talent Manager, Shep Gordon. Shep's 1st client was Alice Cooper. Shep was a young Jewish man on a lot of drugs and no job. He was staying at a hotel when he heard a lady screaming. He thought she was being beat up but it was Janice Joplan and she was having sex at the pool. Shep try's to break it up and Janice punched him. The next day they run into each other and she felt bad and introduced him to many celebrities and said that he should be a manager for rockers.  He didn't have anything to do so he thought why not. He didn't have a company name or business cards when he was talking to his prospective clients. Someone said have a name and showed him the peace sign. He went to a dictionary and saw the letter v which looks like a piece sign, so Alive Enterprise was borned. 

After some of the independent shows at the film festivals, they have a question and answer session. We were so lucky because Sammy Hagar was there with Shep answering questions. Fascinating person.  Mike Myers didn't get to make it because he just had a baby daughter. 

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The Dog - wonderful documentary of John Wojtowicz, whose 1972 robbery of a Brooklyn bank for his transgender brides sex change. This is the 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon.  What a classic movie and now creating a documentary so we could hear more of this person's life. Really enjoyed this. 

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Cesar's Last Fast- Very educational and fascinating what this powerful person went thru to help protect and organize labor for his people. Jeff and I saw another movie in Las Vegas on Cesar. In California, there are streets named after this icon.   What a great person. 

When we were in line for this movie we got to talk to an interesting lady that particated in the protest when Cesar was fighting the grape growers. She got to meet Cesar.   She gave us some interesting places to visit when we are in Seattle. She also gave us a person that is well known in the area that would take care of us. 

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Fed Up - Another great movie. Katie Couric produced this documentary. This focused on America's obesity. I learned a lot of interesting things about sugar. I was surprised on all the fast food offered in school. Gosh when I was in school we didn't have any fast food choices. 

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The Double - 

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Tracks - Wonderful True Story - a young woman decided to walk to the Indian Ocean, 2000 miles across Australia, with 4 camels and a dog. 

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Standing Aside, Watching - this was my least favorite. Awesome look at era of Greece. 

This is an advertisement of a movie. Didn't realize when Jeff took picture that it said young and beautiful. I wish I was   :-)

~~~~~RV Park in San Francisco~~~~~

San Francisco RV Resort

Pacifica, CA

This is our view from our RV Park.  On Sunday we saw a whale. It was spectacular. 

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The famous crooked street in San Francisco. Didn't try it in our motor home. That would of been interesting. 

~~~~~Left Over San Diego Sites~~~~~~

Ripleys Belief it or Not Museum - so many interesting items. Also a very interesting story about Mr. Ripley. 

This next design was from a Florida man taking a 2 mile walk everyday and picking up Nails and Screws and then sticking them into this tire. 

I would hate to run into this Animal. 

What a weird coffin

Stay tuned for our next adventure. We have 2 quick stops before reaching Seattle Film Festival. We are in Seattle for almost 4 weeks. So much to see in the area. There will be day trips with our tow car. 

Love to all...Gail