A gorgeous may day spent in the sun walking the length of golden gate park! Highlights - saw a gopher digging up a lawn, a squirrel that actually stayed still for a photo, the academy of science building with a living grasses roof, butterfly room and planetarium and trippy jellyfish display, amazing lunch at the moss room! Lowlights - the bison paddock had a measly 3 bison, I expected a herd, haight district is an eyesaw of doped up down and out hippies, move on...

A beautiful clear warm day, perfect for exploring along the shoreline. We went straight to food nirvana, the ferry building markets where there was organic local produce of every kind. The standouts were chocolate coated peanut brittle, cheeses, a salumi shop, rose geranium macaroons, and mushrooms! We had dim sum for lunch in a Chinese teashop. We caught a trolley bus to pier 39 to see the sealions and fishermans wharf and what a tourist pit this area is - it...

So good to be travelling again!!!!!! My trip has had a smooth start, the travel gods are smiling and my travel buddy Jane and I got on all our flights - and business class - and good rooms with views in San Francisco. It has been a very long day as I find it hard to sleep even in the sky beds, and am about to go to sleep as the sun sets. I had my first whole body scan in LAX, the security is pretty full on, and it does feel a bit invasive. Animals on planes ar...