How I spent my Day of Rest!

  Basically my doctor told me to take it easy
till my appointment today to take the dressing
off  my cheek. I had some basal cell skin
cancer treated on Friday.
   I like going places on the weekend.
   But I wanted to follow my doctor's orders
so........I went to San Francisco!
   Well not exactly.
   Back in 2007 my wife and I hosted a trip
to California for WYOU and Holiday
Vacations.
    I shot some video during that tour. In
fact, I shot 6 hours of video during that
tour!
    And what better way to use my day of
rest than to "re-live" my exploration of
"The Golden State?"
    It's amazing how a good look at your
pictures or home movies can bring back
some really great memories.
    I had some really good video from a
boat tour we took in San Francisco Bay.
    Take the Golden Gate Bridge.
    It always looks impressive on a postcard.
    But I found it even more impressive looking
up at the deck as we sailed underneath the
span. You could actually see the safety nets
that are rigged on the bridge to protect the
crew that keeps painting it year round.
    I could almost imagine hearing the voices
of Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly as we
cruised past Alcatraz !
    You could clearly see the painting on a
wall that read..."Indians Welcome." It's a
lasting reminder of the days between 1969
and 1971 when Indians....excuse me...Native
Americans took over the island to protest
policies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    I wonder why that hasn't become the
Bureau of Native American Affairs?
    Anyhow there's an "Occupy" movement
that was ahead of its time!
    They were booted out in 1971 thus
becoming the first know individuals
made to leave, rather than forced to stay
on,  "The Rock!"
     I felt like I was back on a Cable Car
again!
    I told a Transit worker that the cables for
those cars used to be made in Sunbury
Pennsylvania. When he learned we were
on a tour sponsored by a TV station he
actually commandeered a car for our group
and my video is shot hanging off the right
front of the vehicle as it road on and over
some of those steep San Francisco Hills!
   I enjoyed a thousand other sights.....and
all from the comfort of my sofa!
   Hope you've got some great memories
tucked away on tape or film for a day of
rest and that all of your NEWS is good!