<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>San Francisco – THROUGH THE EYES OF JEFFERSON</title> <atom:link href="https://eyesofjefferson.com/tag/san-francisco/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://eyesofjefferson.com</link> <description>Presidential site adventures as told by a bobble head</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:56:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">167670250</site> <item> <title>79: THE BIRDS OF BODEGA BAY</title> <link>https://eyesofjefferson.com/79-the-birds-of-bodega-bay/</link> <comments>https://eyesofjefferson.com/79-the-birds-of-bodega-bay/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Watson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 22:35:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alameda California]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alamo Square Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alfred Hitchcock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alfred Hitchcock The Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Apollo 11]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bay Hill Road]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bob Saget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bodega Bay School]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brewer's blackbird]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coleman Beach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dave Coulier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-14A Tomcat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FJ-2 Fury]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Full House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Full House house]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jefferson bobble head]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lombard Street]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile Quarantine Facility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oakland California]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Potter Schoolhouse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rae Dunn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rae Dunn studio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Nixon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ridgeway rails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rod Taylor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suzanne Pleshette]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taylor Street Bodega Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Painted Ladies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Palace of Fine Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Tides Bodega Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Weeping Women]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tippi Hedren]]></category> <category><![CDATA[U.S.S. Hornet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[White egret]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eyesofjefferson.com/?p=3991</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saturday July 28, 2018 was a day that was scheduled to be filled with a couple of Presidential sites, TV sitcom sites, movie film locations, and some beautiful scenery that my photographer and his wife had wanted to see since…]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Saturday July 28, 2018 was a day that was scheduled to be filled with a couple of Presidential sites, TV sitcom sites, movie film locations, and some beautiful scenery that my photographer and his wife had wanted to see since they arrived in California. We left the apartment in Mill Valley around 8:15am and once again headed across the fog-bound Golden Gate Bridge. It was our fourth day in San Francisco and we had yet to see the famous bridge in its entirety; which has been a disappointment thus far. Ten minutes after we reached San Francisco, Vicki parked the Mustang on the street alongside a peaceful, man-made lagoon. On the opposite side of the lagoon was an ornate 162-foot tall structure known as the Palace of Fine Arts; which was originally part of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. We spent about 45 minutes walking around the water and into the open rotunda where we saw fabulous sculpted reliefs in the stonework. Since the 1915 Palace had been designed to last only to the end of the Exposition, the original construction material did not last the test of time and had deteriorated. By 1964, the entire structure was stripped down to it’s steel skeleton and renovated with a permanent facelift. Since it was not quite nine o’clock yet, only a small handful of other people were in the area, which made my camera guy quite happy. One person that was near the Palace had a drone and proceeded to fly it over, around, and through the Fine Arts structure. At one point I heard my photographer complain to Vicki: “I hope that noisy mechanical mosquito crashes into the wall of that dome and is destroyed.” To me, the drone was interesting and wasn’t doing any harm; plus it was too early in the morning for a COBS flareup. During our tranquil stroll, which was interrupted at times by the buzzing of that damned drone, we were able to see a handful of beautiful birds; including a pair of swan, some ducks, and a few ridgeway rails. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3993" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=5779&ssl=1 5779w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/01-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The beautiful and ornate Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="800" height="1276" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1276&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3995" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=3437&ssl=1 3437w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=188%2C300&ssl=1 188w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1225&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=642%2C1024&ssl=1 642w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A whooper swan looked for food as it swam in front of the Palace of Fine Arts.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="800" height="520" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=800%2C520&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3996" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=5897&ssl=1 5897w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=300%2C195&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=768%2C499&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=1024%2C666&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/03-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The beautiful Palace of Fine Arts was originally built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1204" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1204&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3998" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=3889&ssl=1 3889w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=199%2C300&ssl=1 199w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1155&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=681%2C1024&ssl=1 681w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/04-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As my photographer aimed his camera upward inside the open-air rotunda, he had hoped to capture an image of the drone as flew through the archways. Unfortunately the darn thing was too fast or Tom was too slow.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="529" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=800%2C529&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3999" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=5625&ssl=1 5625w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=300%2C198&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=768%2C508&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">High atop the colonnade of the Palace of Fine Arts were the Weeping Women statues created by sculptor Ulric Ellerhusen to express the sadness and melancholy of life without art.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="499" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=800%2C499&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4001" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=5359&ssl=1 5359w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=300%2C187&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=768%2C480&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C639&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/06-WORLD-FAIR-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The beautiful rotunda that’s framed by the columns of the colonnade.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1057" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/07-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=800%2C1057&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4002" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/07-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=1535&ssl=1 1535w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/07-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=227%2C300&ssl=1 227w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/07-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=768%2C1015&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/07-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=775%2C1024&ssl=1 775w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A pair of ridgeway rails poised in a tree alongside of the lagoon.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1037" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/08-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=800%2C1037&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4003" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/08-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=1147&ssl=1 1147w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/08-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=231%2C300&ssl=1 231w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/08-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=768%2C996&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/08-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=790%2C1024&ssl=1 790w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Another beautiful rail that was perched on a nearby tree branch.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="623" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/09-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=800%2C623&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4004" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/09-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=2135&ssl=1 2135w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/09-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=300%2C234&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/09-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=768%2C598&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/09-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?resize=1024%2C797&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/09-WORLD-FAIR.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">There was one rail that was in search of its morning breakfast.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">While Vicki liked the early morning walk around the Palace of Fine Arts, she was giddy about the next site that we were headed to. Ever since my photographer had begun his itinerary for the trip, one of the things his wife said she wanted to do was “drive down the curvy street”. From the Palace, it was less than two miles to the one-block section of Lombard Street that is called the “crookedest street in the world”. Built in 1922, that section of Lombard Street was intended to reduce the hill’s natural 27-percent grade. Vicki was in her glory as she navigated the Mustang convertible slowly down the 600-foot road that featured eight hair-pin turns. At one point during the start of the descent, a guy who looked as though he thought he was Don Johnson blocked the road as he snapped a few photos. As my photographer made rude comments aimed at the arrogant tourist, Vicki did her best to shut him up. It took roughly three to four minutes for my photographer’s wife to navigate our Mustang along the red brick-covered street, as the suggested speed limit was five miles-per-hour. I thought to myself: “Heck, if she put the car in neutral and coasted down the street we would go fast than that!”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4008" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?w=5483&ssl=1 5483w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/10-CROOKED-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we started our descent down Lombard Street, I had to laugh at the black tire marks on the street’s curb. Someone must’ve been looking at the scenery instead of watching the road.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="529" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=800%2C529&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4113" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?w=5396&ssl=1 5396w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=300%2C198&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=768%2C507&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11-CROOKED-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we travelled slowly down the “crookedest street in the world” in our open-air Ford Mustang, Vicki looked happier than a hobo with a hotdog.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4010" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/12-CROOKED.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">With the speedometer’s needle buried at about three miles per hour, Vicki used the hand-over-hand method of steering the Mustang.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4011" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/13-CROOKED.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Not only was Lombard Street extremely curvy, the landscaping and buildings along the road made it very scenic as well.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="520" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?resize=800%2C520&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4114" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?w=5796&ssl=1 5796w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?resize=300%2C195&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?resize=768%2C499&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C665&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/14-CROOKED-2.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we neared the final two curves on Lombard Street, we could easily see Coit Tower as it stood high above the horizon.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">When we finished our winding, downhill descent and stopped at Leavenworth Street, I had hoped it was time to head for a couple of Presidential sites. My hopes were quickly dashed when I heard that we were headed to the home of the Tanners. That’s right, it was the house that was used for the exterior shots for the hit TV sitcom <em>Full House</em>. On the show, it had been mentioned that their fictitious address was 1882 Gerard Street; but in fact the house that the Tanners had called home was located at 1709 Broderick Street. It took us roughly 15 minutes to make the 2.3-mile drive to the <em>Full House </em>home on Broderick and when we got there, my companions were disappointed that the front door was painted grey instead of red. As I was carried in the camera bag to the closed gate near the entrance to the home, I had hoped that Tom would’ve hopped the fence and placed me onto the brick steps. For me, it would’ve been cool to stand in the footsteps of D.J. Tanner – even though Candace Cameron’s character likely never stood there. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1125" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1125&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4115" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?w=3999&ssl=1 3999w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=213%2C300&ssl=1 213w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1080&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=728%2C1024&ssl=1 728w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/15-FULL-HOUSE-HOUSE-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Although the front door was painted grey instead of red, it was still cool to see the house that the Tanner family called home on the TV show<em> Full House</em>.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="999" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-6-1.jpg?resize=800%2C999&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4116" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-6-1.jpg?w=1080&ssl=1 1080w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-6-1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-6-1.jpg?resize=768%2C959&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-6-1.jpg?resize=820%2C1024&ssl=1 820w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Former <em>Full House</em> actors Bob Saget and Dave Coulier clown around on the steps of their fictitious TV home.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="917" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-4-1.jpg?resize=800%2C917&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4117" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-4-1.jpg?w=832&ssl=1 832w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-4-1.jpg?resize=262%2C300&ssl=1 262w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-4-1.jpg?resize=768%2C881&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bob Saget, who portrayed Danny Tanner on <em>Full House</em>, posed for a more recent photo with the famed home.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">We were only at the<em> Full House</em> TV home for about five minutes before I found myself in the back seat of the Mustang and headed south towards the Alamo Square area of San Francisco. While the cast of <em>Full House</em> were never filmed in front of their TV home, they were pictured at Alamo Square Park during the opening theme song and credits as the Tanner family picnicked with the famous Painted Ladies in the background. Once Vicki found a place to park the Mustang, the three of us walked uphill to a section of Alamo Square Park where the Tanners had their picnic beginning in 1990 and Season Four. The view from Alamo Square Park was amazing, but the fog that hovered over downtown San Francisco in the background made it less than postcard perfect. After my photographer snapped a few images from the park, we walked across the street to a row of colorful houses that were known as the Painted Ladies; or at other times, Postcard Row. The seven side-by-side Victorian homes were built between 1892 and 1896 and have also been called the Seven Sisters. Up close, each house was unique in its own way – I saw the owner of one home was not a Trump fan as there was a ‘The President is a Traitor’ sign in the window. Another home had an ornate front entrance gate in the shape of a large iron butterfly. While we stood and admired the seven houses, it was very difficult to not think of the show <em>Full House</em>. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="556" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=800%2C556&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4118" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=5410&ssl=1 5410w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=300%2C209&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=768%2C534&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C712&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/16-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As my photographer stood near the area where the Tanners had picnicked during the opening credits of the TV show <em>Full House</em>, Vicki (grey sweatshirt to the left of the woman in orange) admired the Painted Ladies.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="599" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-3-1.jpg?resize=800%2C599&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4119" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-3-1.jpg?w=1021&ssl=1 1021w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-3-1.jpg?resize=768%2C575&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FULL-HOUSE-3-1.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Tanner family picnic at Alamo Square Park during the opening credits of <em>Full House</em>.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4120" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/17-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Vicki and the Painted Ladies from Alamo Square Park.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="524" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=800%2C524&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4121" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=5729&ssl=1 5729w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=300%2C196&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=768%2C503&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C671&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/19-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Vehicles parked along Steiner Street, located between the Painted Ladies and Alamo Square Park.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4122" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">It was obvious that one home owner in Postcard Row was not a Trump fan.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4123" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/21-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The architecture of the 1890s homes, along with the intricate paint schemes, made the Painted Ladies seem like doll houses for humans.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4124" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/22-PAINTED-LADIES-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The house at 720 Steiner featured an ornate iron butterfly that served as a gate to the front entrance.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">When we finished our close-up visit with the Painted Ladies, it was time to head across the bay where we had two Presidential sites waiting for us. My head was shaking with excitement; or perhaps that was from my nerves as Vicki drove the Mustang over the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. We were on the lower level as we headed east and it was there, in 1989, that an earthquake caused a 50-foot section of the top level to crash to the one below it – killing one person. Luck was on our side as we arrived on the east side of San Francisco Bay unscathed and by 10:50am we were parked across the street from a one-story brick structure in West Berkeley. I thought to myself: “So much for luck being on my side – that isn’t even a Presidential site.” I thought that we were headed for the U.S.S. Potomac, but instead we were walking towards a building that had the words ‘Rae Dunn’ etched on the doorway. I knew immediately the site wasn’t Presidential by the pace at which Vicki walked towards the building – she had a bounce to her step and a huge smile on her face. If the name on the door would have been ‘Gerald Ford’, my photographer’s wife would have dragged her butt all the way there. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">For the past year or two, Vicki had been collecting pottery that was designed by ceramist artist Rae Dunn; who lives in the San Francisco Bay area. During his research for our California trip, Tom had discovered Ms. Dunn’s studio was in Berkeley and there are times she works in that studio on Saturdays. With a Rae Dunn coffee mug in her hand, Vicki posed for several pictures outside of the studio. But when we ventured inside the massive building, however, Rae Dunn was nowhere to be found. My photographer asked several other artists if they knew of her whereabouts, but it was as though he was speaking a foreign language; and in a couple of the cases, that was likely true. We had hoped that Rae Dunn had some of her pottery for sale at her studio; something that was made with her hands instead of mass-produced by a machine in China. Vicki had also hoped to meet the shy and elusive Dunn; but that encounter would have to wait for another trip to California. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="527" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=800%2C527&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4125" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=5748&ssl=1 5748w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=300%2C197&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=768%2C505&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C674&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/24-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer’s wife posed outside of Rae Dunn’s studio with a mug she had purchased in San Francisco. </figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="961" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=800%2C961&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4126" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=2943&ssl=1 2943w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=250%2C300&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=768%2C922&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=853%2C1024&ssl=1 853w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Vicki thought it was cool that the inspiration for the mug in her hand may have had its beginnings behind that door.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="527" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=800%2C527&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4127" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=5520&ssl=1 5520w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=300%2C198&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=768%2C506&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C675&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/26-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">During our visit, Tom and Vicki wondered if Rae Dunn had painted the simple lettering on the door herself.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="529" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=800%2C529&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4128" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=5786&ssl=1 5786w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=300%2C198&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=768%2C507&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/27-RAE-DUNN-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Vicki was anxious to find an open entrance to the studio and she didn’t wait for us to keep up. I heard my photographer say under his breath: “I wish she showed this much excitement when we visit a Presidential gravesite.”</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="958" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?resize=800%2C958&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4129" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?w=3858&ssl=1 3858w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?resize=251%2C300&ssl=1 251w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?resize=768%2C919&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?resize=855%2C1024&ssl=1 855w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/28-RAE-DUNN-2.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer thought the pair of ceramic pears looked abstract through the studio window.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="522" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RAE-DUNN6-1.jpg?resize=800%2C522&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4130" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RAE-DUNN6-1.jpg?w=1155&ssl=1 1155w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RAE-DUNN6-1.jpg?resize=300%2C196&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RAE-DUNN6-1.jpg?resize=768%2C501&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RAE-DUNN6-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C668&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">During an interview, artist Rae Dunn discussed her craft as the ceramic pears could be seen in the window behind her.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">When we were Dunn with our search for Rae, the three of us got back into the Mustang for our journey into O-town. That’s right, Oakland, California. The three of us had heard a lot about Oakland and not much of it was good. Our goal was to get in, visit a couple of Presidential sites, and get out as quickly as possible. After a six-and-a-half-mile drive south from Berkeley into Oakland, we pulled into a parking area near the water. Tom carried me towards a dock – only to discover it was gone. The “it” was the U.S.S. Potomac; which was the Presidential yacht used by Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1936 until his death. After a quick investigation, my photographer was told the Potomac was out on a reserved cruise, but it would be back on Sunday and we could tour it then. I was disappointed, but Tom was peeved that the Potomac was gone. He didn’t think we would make the effort to get back into Oakland on Sunday. We struck out with our first Presidential site of the day, hopefully the aircraft carrier was where it was supposed to be. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">It didn’t take long for Vicki to drive the Mustang through a tunnel and onto Alameda, which was an island just south of Oakland. Before I knew it, we were in a parking lot close to where some Navy ships were docked; but the one that interested us was the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. The Hornet was built for service in World War II and then saw action in the Korean War. After it had played a minor role in Viet Nam, the U.S.S. Hornet gained world-wide fame when it retrieved the Apollo 11 astronauts from the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969 some 900 miles southwest of Hawaii. President Richard Nixon was onboard the Hornet and greeted astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins back to Earth.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4131" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?w=4320&ssl=1 4320w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">It was an honor for me to stand near the U.S.S. Hornet that had been turned into a museum ship in Alameda, California.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1067" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1067&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4132" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-1.jpg?w=1369&ssl=1 1369w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Apollo 11 command module Columbia floats in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969 with the U.S.S. Hornet in the background</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="661" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C661&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4133" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?w=3904&ssl=1 3904w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C248&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C634&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C846&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/39-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">I’m standing in the first footprint onboard the U.S.S. Hornet where the Apollo 11 astronauts stepped after returning to Earth on July 24, 1969.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="685" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-3-1.jpg?resize=800%2C685&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4134" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-3-1.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C257&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-3-1.jpg?resize=768%2C658&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-3-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C877&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins step off the retrieval helicopter as they head toward the Mobile Quarantine Facility onboard the U.S.S. Hornet.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4135" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?w=4320&ssl=1 4320w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/38-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Although the Mobile Quarantine Facility that I’m standing next to was NOT the one used for the Apollo 11 astronauts, it was the one that housed the men from Apollo 14. I am standing near the spot, however, where President Nixon stood on July 24, 1969 when he greeted the Apollo 11 astronauts.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-2-1.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4136" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-2-1.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1 1000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-2-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HORNET-APOLLO-11-2-1.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">On July 24, 1969, President Richard Nixon greeted the Apollo 11 astronauts who were inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the Hornet. From left was Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1213" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1213&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4137" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?w=3464&ssl=1 3464w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=198%2C300&ssl=1 198w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1165&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=675%2C1024&ssl=1 675w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/34-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The U.S.S. Hornet’s bell.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="549" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C549&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4138" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?w=5651&ssl=1 5651w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C206&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C527&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C702&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/43-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An F-14A Tomcat that was positioned on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Hornet.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1143" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1143&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4139" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?w=3694&ssl=1 3694w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=210%2C300&ssl=1 210w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1097&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=717%2C1024&ssl=1 717w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer as he stood on the center line of the runway onboard the Hornet.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="474" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C474&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4140" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2943&ssl=1 2943w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C178&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C455&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C606&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/45-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, could be seen across San Francisco Bay from the deck of the Hornet.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4141" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/48-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Hornet’s superstructure looked impressive from the flight deck.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="540" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C540&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4142" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?w=5709&ssl=1 5709w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C203&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C519&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C692&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/42-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An FJ-2 Fury on display in the interior of the Hornet. That aircraft was the first fighter jet in the world to complete an operational tour at sea.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="528" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C528&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4143" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?w=5884&ssl=1 5884w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C198&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C507&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C676&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/31-HORNET-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The U.S.S. Hornet looked huge from our position beneath the ship’s bow.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1038" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1038&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4144" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1741&ssl=1 1741w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=231%2C300&ssl=1 231w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C997&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-HORNET-1.jpg?resize=789%2C1024&ssl=1 789w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/32-HORNET-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An egret stood on a mooring rope attached to the U.S.S. Hornet.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">I was carried to most areas of the U.S.S. Hornet; both in the interior and on the flight deck of the giant carrier. The highlight for me was when I was placed on the painted footprint where the Apollo 11 astronauts first stepped foot when they returned to Earth. From that spot, which was where they stepped off the helicopter, the three astronauts walked to the Mobile Quarantine Facility that was situated nearby. Minutes later, President Richard Nixon greeted the astronauts from just outside of their viewing window. The President began his greeting with: “Neil, Buzz, and Mike; I want you to know that I think I am the luckiest man in the world, and I say this not only because I have the honor to be President of the United States, but particularly because I have the privilege of speaking for so many in welcoming you back to Earth.”</p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">We spent a little over an hour on the Hornet and for me it was an honor to stand where history was made just over 49 years ago. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped off the Lunar Module and placed mankind’s first boot-prints onto the lunar surface. Four days later, Armstrong returned to Earth and I stood where his boots first made contact with the surface of the U.S.S. Hornet. To me, it was the next best thing to standing in his boot prints imbedded onto the Moon’s dusty surface in the Sea of Tranquility. Four months after the Apollo 11 mission had successfully ended, the U.S.S. Hornet was used to recover the Apollo 12 astronauts after their return to Earth. Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon’s command module, Yankee Clipper, was retrieved from the Pacific Ocean near American Samoa and the three men quarantined on the Hornet. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Around 1:00pm, we headed through a tunnel called the Posey Tube and back into Oakland. Although my photographer and his wife had not seen much of Oakland, the section that they did drive through looked terrible. As a matter of fact, it might have been the dirtiest and roughest-looking city that they have ever travelled in and Vicki couldn’t drive the Mustang out of town fast enough. With the day’s clock ticking down, Tom wanted to get to Bodega Bay via the fastest route possible, so he opted to navigate us inland on the freeway system rather than take the road along the coast. He did mention, however, that we would ride the Pacific Coast Highway back to Mill Valley when we were finished at day’s end. There was one reason, and one reason only, for driving 75 miles north to Bodega Bay: The 1963 Alfred Hitchcock thriller “The Birds” was filmed in that area. At roughly 3:15pm, we pulled into the parking lot of a restaurant called The Tides Wharf and Restaurant; which was not only featured in the film, it was also where Tom and Vicki had dinner. Over the years since the movie was filmed, The Tides had been remodeled and renovated several times. After spending some time on the dock where we had a good look at Bodega Harbor, the three of us went inside where my photographer found a cool autographed picture of ‘The Birds’ actress Tippi Hedren – which he bought. The hour that my companions spent inside The Tides gave them a chance to recharge their batteries before we took on the other filming locations around town.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1022" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/50-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1022&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4145" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/50-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=2154&ssl=1 2154w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/50-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=235%2C300&ssl=1 235w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/50-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C981&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/50-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=802%2C1024&ssl=1 802w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/50-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we strolled on the water-side dock at the Tides, the first thing we saw was a gull perched upon the pilings. Was that gull a descendent of the one that attacked Melanie Daniels in the movie ‘The Birds’? </figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4146" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/51-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Tides Wharf and Restaurant in Bodega Bay was featured in several scenes of the movie; although it had gone through a make-over in the past fifty years.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="431" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-14-1.jpg?resize=800%2C431&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4147" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-14-1.jpg?w=1337&ssl=1 1337w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-14-1.jpg?resize=300%2C162&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-14-1.jpg?resize=768%2C414&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-14-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C552&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Mitch Brenner escorted Melanie Daniels into the Tides Restaurant after she was attacked by the sea gull.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4148" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/54-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The water-side dock of the Tides Restaurant in Bodega Bay.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="422" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-13-1.jpg?resize=800%2C422&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4149" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-13-1.jpg?w=1360&ssl=1 1360w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-13-1.jpg?resize=300%2C158&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-13-1.jpg?resize=768%2C405&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-13-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C540&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Melanie Daniels arrived at the dock where she rented a boat and motor.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="788" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/53-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C788&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4150" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/53-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1178&ssl=1 1178w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/53-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C295&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/53-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C756&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/53-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1008&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A Brewer’s blackbird stood near the dock of the Tides. Was it waiting for reinforcements before launching an attack?</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="698" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C698&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4151" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=4209&ssl=1 4209w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C262&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C670&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C893&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/52-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">While the birds gathered and plotted outside of the Tides, Tom and Vicki attacked the shrimp.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="574" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/55-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C574&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4152" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/55-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1925&ssl=1 1925w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/55-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C215&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/55-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C551&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/55-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C735&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/55-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Another gull arrived at the scene on the shores of Bodega Harbor.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="421" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-25.jpg?resize=800%2C421&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4093" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-25.jpg?w=1335&ssl=1 1335w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-25.jpg?resize=300%2C158&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-25.jpg?resize=768%2C404&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-25.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Melanie Daniels in a boat on Bodega Harbor as she was first attacked by a sea gull.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Following their dinner of shrimp and fish, my photographer and his wife headed inland to the small town of Bodega, which was about five miles from Bodega Bay. It was in Bodega where the Potter Schoolhouse, which was featured in the film, still stood intact today. The schoolhouse played a huge part in the movie and Vicki did her best to recreate the scene where Tippi Hedren’s character Melanie Daniels arrived in her Aston Martin convertible and parked in front of the building. The old schoolhouse was privately owned during our visit, and it was not open for tours – which was disappointing. After capturing a handful of images of the exterior of the old schoolhouse, Tom walked down the street to a house where the film’s schoolteacher, Suzanne Pleshette’s character Annie Hayworth, lived and was killed by the birds. It turned out that Hitchcock used a façade rather than the house that was there, but it was interesting to see where the teacher’s house was located anyway. Missing was the school yard’s playground equipment where hundreds of birds had congregated before they attacked the children. I laughed to myself when I heard Tom say to his wife, who was seated in the Mustang as she looked at her phone: “That schoolhouse gives me the creeps because it looks virtually the same as it did in the movie. I keep waiting for a flock of crows to fly out from behind the building and start attacking us.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="597" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C597&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4153" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=5283&ssl=1 5283w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C224&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C573&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/56-BIRDS-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Although the late afternoon sun angle didn’t do us any favors, we still managed to recreate the scene from the movie ‘The Birds’.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="416" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-20.jpg?resize=800%2C416&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4068" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-20.jpg?w=1355&ssl=1 1355w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-20.jpg?resize=300%2C156&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-20.jpg?resize=768%2C400&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-20.jpg?resize=1024%2C533&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Our Mustang was nearly as cool looking as Melanie Daniels’ Aston Martin.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4069" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/64-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The front entrance to the Potter Schoolhouse in Bodega, California. In 1963, the building was featured during a massive bird attack on the local school children. </figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="414" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-17.jpg?resize=800%2C414&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4070" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-17.jpg?w=1340&ssl=1 1340w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-17.jpg?resize=300%2C155&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-17.jpg?resize=768%2C398&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-17.jpg?resize=1024%2C530&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Melanie Daniels, played by Tippi Hedren, walked out of the school house and headed for a seat near the playground.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4071" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/57-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The view along the side of the Potter Schoolhouse where the schoolyard equipment was located in the movie.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="422" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-22.jpg?resize=800%2C422&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4081" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-22.jpg?w=1302&ssl=1 1302w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-22.jpg?resize=300%2C158&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-22.jpg?resize=768%2C405&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-22.jpg?resize=1024%2C540&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The schoolyard and playground equipment was seen beyond the front of Melanie Daniels’ Aston Martin sportscar.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4073" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/58-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we walked along the road in front of the area where the schoolyard equipment was located in the movie, the yard was in rough shape and covered in foliage. I overheard my photographer mutter to himself: “If I owned that place, I would install playground equipment in that yard – just like the stuff that was in the movie.”</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="449" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-11.jpg?resize=800%2C449&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4074" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-11.jpg?w=1357&ssl=1 1357w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-11.jpg?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-11.jpg?resize=768%2C431&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Hundreds of black crows congregated on the playground equipment in the movie ‘The Birds’.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="529" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C529&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4075" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?w=5379&ssl=1 5379w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C198&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C508&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/59-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The house where school teacher Annie Hayworth, played by Suzanne Plechette, lived and died after she was attacked by the birds. It was located a short distance next to the Potter Schoolhouse.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="442" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-23.jpg?resize=800%2C442&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4076" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-23.jpg?w=1331&ssl=1 1331w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-23.jpg?resize=300%2C166&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-23.jpg?resize=768%2C425&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-23.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Director Alfred Hitchcock used a façade for the school teacher’s house instead of this home that was already there. </figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="425" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-24.jpg?resize=800%2C425&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4077" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-24.jpg?w=1352&ssl=1 1352w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-24.jpg?resize=300%2C159&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-24.jpg?resize=768%2C408&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-24.jpg?resize=1024%2C544&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Teacher Annie Hayworth was fatally wounded after she was attacked by the birds.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="570" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C570&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4078" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?w=5458&ssl=1 5458w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C214&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C548&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C730&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/60-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Another view of what was billed as the school teacher’s house.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="570" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C570&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4079" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?w=5591&ssl=1 5591w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C214&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C547&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C729&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/61-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">After my photographer and I finished our walk to the teacher’s house, we came back to the schoolhouse and found Vicki still looking at her phone.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4080" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/63-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Potter Schoolhouse pictured under a pure blue sky. In the movie, the sky turned black as thousands of black crows attacked the children.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="431" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-12.jpg?resize=800%2C431&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4085" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-12.jpg?w=1357&ssl=1 1357w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-12.jpg?resize=300%2C162&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-12.jpg?resize=768%2C414&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-12.jpg?resize=1024%2C552&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Melanie Daniels arrived at the Bodega Bay School a short time before the bird attack.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="616" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C616&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4083" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?w=5032&ssl=1 5032w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C231&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C591&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C788&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/62-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">It was on this road where Melanie Daniels, Annie Hayworth, and the school children ran for their lives during the bird attack.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="432" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-1.jpg?resize=800%2C432&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4082" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-1.jpg?w=1284&ssl=1 1284w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-1.jpg?resize=300%2C162&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-1.jpg?resize=768%2C415&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C553&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As the children ran from their school, thousands of birds attacked the panicked students.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="425" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-3.jpg?resize=800%2C425&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4101" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-3.jpg?w=1305&ssl=1 1305w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-3.jpg?resize=300%2C159&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-3.jpg?resize=768%2C408&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C544&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Panicked by the bird attack, frightened students ran towards town.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">We headed back to Bodega Bay and found a winding country road that Melanie Daniels had driven when she arrived from San Francisco with a pair of love birds that she bought to give to Mitch Brenner’s sister. The road was higher in the hills and offered a great view of the harbor below; which was also evident in the movie. Since he wanted authenticity with his photos, Tom stood in the middle of Bay Hill Road and snapped photos as his wife drove the Mustang along the same path that Melanie Daniels drove her Aston Martin in 1963.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4088" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/66-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The view of Bodega Harbor was spectacular from Bay Hill Road.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="387" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-7.jpg?resize=800%2C387&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4089" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-7.jpg?w=1337&ssl=1 1337w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-7.jpg?resize=300%2C145&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-7.jpg?resize=768%2C372&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C496&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Melanie Daniels got her first look at Bodega Bay as she drove along Bay Hill Road.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4091" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?w=5579&ssl=1 5579w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/67-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Mustang was on rails as Vicki whizzed around the sharp corner on Bay Hill Road.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="424" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-9-1.jpg?resize=800%2C424&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4092" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-9-1.jpg?w=1331&ssl=1 1331w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-9-1.jpg?resize=300%2C159&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-9-1.jpg?resize=768%2C407&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-9-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C543&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Tippi Hedren, as Melanie Daniels, sped down Bay Hill Road toward Bodega Bay.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Our final movie location was in the town of Bodega Bay and was where the students had run down the street during the bird attack on their school. In the film, the children ran from the school, down the street, and into town where they tried to escape the attack. But the street used in the film was Taylor Street and it was located about five miles from the school. It was pure Hollywood magic as Hitchcock made it appear seamless – even with early 1960s technology.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4097" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/69-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Taylor Street saw plenty of action in ‘The Birds’ as school children ran for their lives towards the harbor.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="405" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-4.jpg?resize=800%2C405&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4095" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-4.jpg?w=1342&ssl=1 1342w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-4.jpg?resize=300%2C152&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-4.jpg?resize=768%2C389&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C519&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The children of Bodega Bay School ran for their lives as they were attacked by the birds.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4094" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/68-BIRDS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bodega Harbor was downhill at the end of Taylor Street in Bodega Bay. That street was featured in the movie ‘The Birds’.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="405" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-2.jpg?resize=800%2C405&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4096" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-2.jpg?w=1356&ssl=1 1356w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-2.jpg?resize=300%2C152&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-2.jpg?resize=768%2C389&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BIRDS-MOVIE-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C518&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In this shot from the movie, the scene offered a great look at Taylor Street during the children’s exodus from their school.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">At roughly 5:30pm, we had finished our photo-shoot with the movie locations from the film ‘The Birds’. For my photographer, the visit was a dream-come-true as that movie was one of his favorites during his childhood. For me, I wasn’t looking forward to seeing any actual birds for awhile; I didn’t need my painted resin eyes pecked out. With some time left in the late afternoon, Tom and Vicki decided to head north along the Pacific Coast Highway where they wanted to find a scenic beach to stroll along. Within five miles north of Bodega Bay, my two companions settled on a place called Coleman Beach where they found sun, surf, rocks, and scenery. Since that was their first taste of the Pacific Ocean on the trip, my photographer and his wife spent about an hour frolicking around the seascape. For Tom, it was a photographer’s heaven on earth as the three of us walked along the shore for what seemed to be an eternity. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4103" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/70-NORTH.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">On the beach, we found what appeared to be a makeshift wind shelter fashioned out of driftwood.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="504" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C504&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4104" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?w=5377&ssl=1 5377w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?resize=300%2C189&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C483&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?resize=1024%2C645&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/71-NORTH.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The northern end of Coleman Beach turned rocky and was unpassable with the tide.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="484" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C484&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4105" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?w=5323&ssl=1 5323w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?resize=300%2C182&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C465&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?resize=1024%2C620&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/72-NORTH.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we looked south, we had a breathtaking view of the beach and the Pacific.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1108" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C1108&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4106" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?w=3006&ssl=1 3006w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?resize=217%2C300&ssl=1 217w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C1064&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?resize=739%2C1024&ssl=1 739w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/73-NORTH.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer thought the driftwood sculpture looked cool.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="597" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C597&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4107" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?w=2713&ssl=1 2713w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?resize=300%2C224&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C573&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/74-NORTH.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A Brandt’s Cormorant flew above the coastal rocks in search of its dinner.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="692" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/75-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C692&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4108" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/75-NORTH.jpg?w=2251&ssl=1 2251w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/75-NORTH.jpg?resize=300%2C260&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/75-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C665&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/75-NORTH.jpg?resize=1024%2C886&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/75-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">That crustacean was either climbing out of the sand or it had seen its better days.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1056" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?resize=800%2C1056&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4109" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?w=3137&ssl=1 3137w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?resize=227%2C300&ssl=1 227w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?resize=768%2C1014&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?resize=776%2C1024&ssl=1 776w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/76-NORTH.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Vicki enjoyed the breeze off the Pacific as she sang some makeshift lyrics to a Zac Brown Band song: “I got my toes in the sand, ass on a rock; Not a worry in the world, no need for a clock; Life is good today!”</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="571" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?resize=800%2C571&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4110" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?w=3024&ssl=1 3024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?resize=300%2C214&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?resize=768%2C549&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TOM-PHOTO-OF-OCEAN.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Before we headed back towards San Francisco, Vicki captured a cell phone image of my favorite photographer.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">During our time along the beach, we got a taste of the scenery that was about to unfold before us during the upcoming week. We had one full day left in San Francisco before we put the top down on the Mustang and headed south along the Pacific Coast Highway. On that Saturday evening, however, the stretch of the PCH that took us back towards Mill Valley was not as picturesque as we thought it would be. A good portion of Highway 1 was inland and away from any ocean view. Once we reached Stinson Beach that was about 50 miles into the trip home, the last ten miles was something Vicki will never forget. The final leg of the drive was on a twisting, turning, up and down, white knuckle, hold your breath, painful at times adventure on the Panoramic Highway that took us past Muir Woods National Monument. My photographer’s wife did an amazing job as she kept the Mustang from falling off a cliff or crashing into a ravine. Had she taken her eyes off the road for a split second, we may not have made it home.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">It was nearly dark when we finally arrived at Charles Ballinger’s place that we had rented. As we settled down for the night, Vicki complained that nearly every muscle in her body was sore due to the drive over the mountain range. As I stood on my table for the night, all I could think about was being attacked by birds. I wasn’t concerned about hummingbirds, or a finch, or even Finch’s mother; I just didn’t want to see a damned crow or sea gull for a while. All thanks to the “Master of Suspense” – Alfred Hitchcock!</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HITCHCOCK.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-4111" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HITCHCOCK.jpg?w=768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HITCHCOCK.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HITCHCOCK.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure></div>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://eyesofjefferson.com/79-the-birds-of-bodega-bay/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3991</post-id> </item> <item> <title>75: BOBBLE HEAD, YES. DEAD HEAD, NO!</title> <link>https://eyesofjefferson.com/75-bobble-head-yes-dead-head-no/</link> <comments>https://eyesofjefferson.com/75-bobble-head-yes-dead-head-no/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Watson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:27:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2400 Fulton Street]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Graffiti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Ballinger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dirty Harry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Golden Gate Bridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grateful Dead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grateful Dead house]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Haight-Ashbury]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jefferson Airplane]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jefferson Airplane house]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jefferson bobble head]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mel's Drive-in]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mount Davidson San Francisco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The cross at Mount Davidson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twin Peaks]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eyesofjefferson.com/?p=3729</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was still riding high and feeling good since I saw President Donald Trump in Washington, Michigan in April. Three months had already passed and the day had arrived for our trip to the West Coast. They said “Californy is…]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">I was still riding high and feeling good since I saw President Donald Trump in Washington, Michigan in April. Three months had already passed and the day had arrived for our trip to the West Coast. They said “Californy is the place you ought to be” so they loaded up the plane and we flew to Beverly. Hills, that is, swimmin’ pools, movie stars; and hopefully a handful of Presidential sites. Our Delta flight from Detroit Metro Airport to San Francisco was a smoother ride than when I flew from China to the U.S. in a cargo plane full of rubber dog crap. I’m lucky as my photographer never puts me in the checked baggage where I’d have to ride in the plane’s cargo hold. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t even place my camera bag in the overhead storage; instead, I ride either on his lap or by his feet. Once we landed, Tom had a huge surprise for his wife as he had switched out their reserved mid-sized rental car for a Ford Mustang convertible. For years Vicki had dreamt of driving a convertible down the Pacific Coast Highway with the top down. Surprisingly, my tight-wad camera guy pulled out his wallet and paid for the upgrade – killing a handful of ancient moths in the process.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Our 18-day California trip was divided into three sections that were filled with regular attractions, Presidential sites, filming locations of movies, a baseball game, a concert, and a NASCAR party. The first part of the trip was in the San Francisco area; a side-trip to Sacramento was also scheduled. The middle section was set aside for the drive south along the Pacific Coast Highway to see the majestic scenery where the California Coast meets the Pacific Ocean. And the final segment of our journey was slated for Southern California where we had planned on staying with old friends and meeting some new ones. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">At 11:40am on Wednesday July 25, 2018, I got my first taste of riding in a Mustang convertible with the top down; although the 65-degree weather was cooler than what we had expected. As a matter of fact, it was a lot warmer back in Michigan. My photographer had made up his mind that since we had a convertible, we would cruise with the top down, which made the 20-minute ride to our first site a bit chilly. Tom wanted to ‘make my day’ and visit a movie site from one of his favorite films ‘Dirty Harry’; at high noon we arrived at the entrance to Mount Davidson Park.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="577" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?resize=800%2C577&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3744" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?w=5500&ssl=1 5500w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?resize=300%2C216&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?resize=768%2C554&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C739&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10-MT-DAVIDSON-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">After we arrived at the entrance to Mount Davidson Park, Vicki posed in her dream car with her top down. Okay, with the ‘Stang’s top down!</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3731" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/01-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">I was carried up the trail that led to the summit of Mount Davidson; which was the same one Inspector Harry Callahan had used in the 1971 movie ‘Dirty Harry’.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">My photographer quickly found that nothing stretches out the legs better, after a five-hour plane ride, than walking up a dirt path to the top of a 928-foot tall hill. As he huffed and puffed his way up the incline, I heard Tom say to himself under his breath: “Come on, you can do this, right?” At that moment I thought to myself: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question – do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?”</p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">When we finally made it to the summit of Mount Davidson, the terrain had leveled out as we approached the 103-foot tall cement cross that was featured in a scene of the 1971 action-thriller ‘Dirty Harry’. In the film, Clint Eastwood’s character, San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan, was instructed by a psychopathic killer named ‘Scorpio’ to engage in a ransom run around the city. The final stop of the run was at that large cross on top of Mount Davidson where their money exchange and subsequent fight took place. During our twenty-minute stay, we could see that some of the patchy fog appeared to be diminishing, but at times the top portion of the giant crucifix was difficult to see. I had to laugh to myself when I saw my photographer recreate the scene in the movie where Scorpio instructed Callahan to put his nose against the cement cross. As Tom stood there with his nose against the rough concrete surface, I waited for Vicki to finish the scene by clobbering him over the head with the camera; but she didn’t. For me, there was a very slight Presidential connection with that cross. It turned out that on March 24, 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt used the telegraph to illuminate the huge cross for the first time. Had FDR switched-on the lights from the top of the mountain instead of from the White House, I would have posed for a photo with the crucifix.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1102" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?resize=800%2C1102&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3732" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?w=3963&ssl=1 3963w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?resize=218%2C300&ssl=1 218w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?resize=768%2C1058&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?resize=743%2C1024&ssl=1 743w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/02-MT-DAVISON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The 103-foot tall cement cross that graced the summit of Mount Davidson in San Francisco.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="341" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MtDavidsonCross_DirtyHarry.jpg?resize=800%2C341&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3741" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MtDavidsonCross_DirtyHarry.jpg?w=960&ssl=1 960w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MtDavidsonCross_DirtyHarry.jpg?resize=300%2C128&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MtDavidsonCross_DirtyHarry.jpg?resize=768%2C327&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">During the final leg of the ransom run, Inspector Callahan arrived at the cross on top of Mount Davidson.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3733" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/03-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In the movie, “Scorpio” made Inspector Callahan place his nose against this section of the giant cross.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="555" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C555&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3734" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=5688&ssl=1 5688w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=300%2C208&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C533&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=1024%2C711&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/04-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">“Now turn, face the cross. Come on, put your nose right up against the cement.”</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="339" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-1.jpg?resize=800%2C339&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3738" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-1.jpg?w=1289&ssl=1 1289w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-1.jpg?resize=300%2C127&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-1.jpg?resize=768%2C325&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C434&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Inspector Callahan with his nose against the cross as Scorpio approached with a gun.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3735" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/06-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Fog was in the air just above the cross and all around the nearby trees.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="430" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-2.jpg?resize=800%2C430&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3739" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-2.jpg?w=1067&ssl=1 1067w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-2.jpg?resize=300%2C161&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-2.jpg?resize=768%2C413&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CLINT-AT-CROSS-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C551&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Clint Eastwood, as Harry Callahan, arrived at the cross with the ransom money.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3736" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/07-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer’s wife relaxed after the hike to the summit of Mount Davidson.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3737" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/05-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As fog blanketed the mountain top, the scenery resembled something out of Jurassic Park.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="507" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C507&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3740" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=5470&ssl=1 5470w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=300%2C190&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C487&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=1024%2C649&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As she stood by a huge boulder atop Mount Davidson, Vicki saw a section of San Francisco that was blanketed by fog.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1094" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=800%2C1094&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3742" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?w=881&ssl=1 881w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=219%2C300&ssl=1 219w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=768%2C1050&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09-MT-DAVIDSON.jpg?resize=749%2C1024&ssl=1 749w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A large hummingbird sought out flowers on top of Mount Davidson.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Gravity helped my photographer and his wife as they retuned to the Mustang that was parked near the entrance to Mount Davidson Park. Due to the chill in the air, both had decided to leave the car’s top up for the one-mile journey to the next stop – a nearby set of hills called Twin Peaks. The pair of hills, at 925-feet in elevation, are second-only to Mount Davidson in height in San Francisco. The biggest difference that we saw, once we arrived at the top of the north peak, was there weren’t any trees. We had an amazing view of downtown San Francisco and the bay from up there. I had to laugh when we heard what the Spanish conquistadors had called the area when they arrived in the early 1700s: “Los Pechos de la Chola” – when translated it meant “Breasts of the Indian Maiden”. It made sense, since the north peak (Eureka) and south peak (Noe) were very close to each other in both distance and elevation; making them look like gigantic boobs – the “real” San Francisco treat! As beautiful of a view as there was from Twin Peaks, our stay lasted less than fifteen minutes as the strong wind put a nip in the air. Although my photographer and his wife had worn a wind breaker and sweatshirt, they were surprised by the cold temperature in July .</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3745" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">We stood near Eureka (north peak) with Noe (south peak) in the background. At 925-feet in elevation, the Twin Peaks are the second tallest hills in San Francisco.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="469" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=800%2C469&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3746" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=4745&ssl=1 4745w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=300%2C176&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=768%2C450&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=1024%2C600&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/12-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Although it was cold and windy atop Twin Peaks, the view of San Francisco was breathtaking.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3747" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">From Twin Peaks, we had a great view down Market Street and into downtown San Francisco.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="632" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=800%2C632&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3748" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=5032&ssl=1 5032w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=300%2C237&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=768%2C607&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=1024%2C809&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/15-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">One pet owner wanted to photograph his dogs at the top of the north peak. At least one of the dogs was afraid she would fall to her death.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1013" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=800%2C1013&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3749" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=3626&ssl=1 3626w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=237%2C300&ssl=1 237w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=768%2C972&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=809%2C1024&ssl=1 809w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Tom braved the nippy air of Twin Peaks to pose with San Francisco in the background.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="494" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=800%2C494&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3750" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=5233&ssl=1 5233w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=300%2C185&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=768%2C474&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?resize=1024%2C632&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/13-TWIN-PEAKS.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">From our vantage point on Twin Peaks, we got our first glimpse of our next day’s destination – Alcatraz Island.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">It was 1:30pm and my two travel companions were hungry for lunch; which was no surprise as it was 4:30pm Eastern Time and they hadn’t eaten anything since we left home. Since he was a huge fan of the movie ‘American Graffiti’, Tom directed us to a diner called Mel’s Drive-In. I expected to see girls on roller skates delivering meals to people in their cars as Wolfman Jack played ‘Rock Around the Clock’ over the radio waves, but that wasn’t the case. As a matter of fact, the Mel’s we were at wasn’t even a drive-in; we had to go inside for our meal. Unfortunately, we discovered the original Mel’s that was used in the film was demolished in 1976. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="596" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=800%2C596&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3751" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=5108&ssl=1 5108w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=300%2C224&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=768%2C572&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=1024%2C763&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/17-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Our Mustang parked in front of Mel’s Drive-in with no roller skating servers. While our car was cool, it didn’t compare to John Milner’s 1932 Deuce Coupe from ‘American Graffiti’.<br></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mels-drive-in.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3752" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mels-drive-in.jpg?w=600&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mels-drive-in.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mels-drive-in.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mels-drive-in.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">John Milner with his Deuce Coupe in a scene from ‘American Graffiti’.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3753" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/18-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As my photographer looked at the menu inside Mel’s Drive-in, he wondered if Buddy Holly’s ‘Oh Boy’ would be played on the juke box.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3754" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The soda bar inside Mel’s Drive-in.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1248" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=800%2C1248&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3755" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=3681&ssl=1 3681w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=192%2C300&ssl=1 192w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=768%2C1198&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?resize=657%2C1024&ssl=1 657w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20-MELS-DINER.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Since my camera guy was parched from a five-hour plane ride and a mountain top hike, he quenched his thirst with a lemonade and chocolate malt at Mel’s.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1231" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?resize=800%2C1231&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3757" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?w=3807&ssl=1 3807w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?resize=195%2C300&ssl=1 195w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1181&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&ssl=1 666w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/21-MELS-DINER-1.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The diner wouldn’t feel like ‘American Graffiti’ without a Rock-Ola juke box.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">After my photographer and his wife had been filled with burgers, fries, and chocolate malts from the 1962 setting at Mel’s, it was time to take a walk on the wild side with a journey into the 1967 “Summer of Love”. That’s right, we headed for the famous area in San Francisco known as the Haight-Ashbury District, which was the birthplace of the hippie counterculture in the mid-to-late-‘60s. While I despise drugs and the drug use that was widespread in the hippie heyday, I’m an advocate for bands such as Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company. When it came to the Grateful Dead, however, I’m always grateful when I visit a dead President, but I never cared for the Dead’s music; except perhaps when my photographer played ‘A Touch of Grey’ on his phone. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Vicki drove the Mustang around the Haight-Ashbury District in search of a parking place that was close to the intersection of the two famous streets, but that search proved to be futile at first. But roughly one half-mile from there, at the northeast corner of Golden Gate Park, we stumbled upon a three-story mansion once owned by the band Jefferson Airplane. When members of the band bought the Colonial Revival-style house in 1968, they not only used it as a place to live, but it became their rehearsal hall as well. After my photographer snapped a few images of the mansion from across Fulton Street, I was carried onto the porch where a few more photos were taken. If I listened carefully and let my imagination run loose, it was almost as though I could hear the song ‘Somebody to Love’ coming from behind the large glass and wooden front door. I’ve always been a fan of the Jefferson Airplane, but that was mainly because we shared the common name.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3760" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Built in 1904, this Colonial Revival home was purchased by members of Jefferson Airplane in 1968. After they bought the mansion, the band painted the exterior flat black with gold trim.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="476" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEFF-AIRPLANE-BLACK.jpg?resize=640%2C476&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3761" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEFF-AIRPLANE-BLACK.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEFF-AIRPLANE-BLACK.jpg?resize=300%2C223&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JEFF-AIRPLANE-BLACK.jpg?resize=120%2C90&ssl=1 120w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">After purchasing the mansion in 1968, members of Jefferson Airplane put their artistic flair to the exterior.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="970" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=800%2C970&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3762" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=3394&ssl=1 3394w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=247%2C300&ssl=1 247w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=768%2C931&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=845%2C1024&ssl=1 845w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/24-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The mansion became a mecca of the hippie scene in the late ’60s. But later, Jefferson Airplane transformed into the Starship and the band sold their home in the 1980s.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3763" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Jefferson Airplane house, located at 2400 Fulton Street, was a 17-room mansion that featured a 4-track recording studio in the basement when the band lived there.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3764" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/27-JEFFERSON-AIRPLANE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As I was carried onto the porch of the “Airplane House”, I could see the portico’s underside featured tiles that were designed to resemble the sky.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">Minutes after leaving the “Airplane House”, we got lucky and found a parking place along Haight Street; one block from Ashbury. At first glance, it appeared that we had been transported back to 1967. Some of the buildings were painted in psychedelic colors, there were peace signs on display, and “free love” seemed to be in the air. The main attraction for us was the Grateful Dead house that was located about a block down Ashbury Street. Band members lived in the now-famous Victorian home, which was painted beige with a touch of grey, from 1965 to ’68. The place had gained notoriety for its parties, music, and drugs during the hippie era; including a drug bust in 1967 where a couple members of the ‘Dead’ were arrested. Even though my photographer had never been a “Dead Head”, he posed for a few photos in front of the historic home. Tom also wore a Beatles tee-shirt, which was done on purpose as he had planned to visit the Haight-Ashbury area on that first day of the trip.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3765" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer may have grown up in the ’60s, but he looked out of place standing in front of the Grateful Dead house in San Francisco.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3766" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/35-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Grateful Dead lived in this house at 710 Ashbury Street from 1965 until 1968.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1220" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-2.jpg?resize=800%2C1220&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3768" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-2.jpg?w=836&ssl=1 836w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-2.jpg?resize=197%2C300&ssl=1 197w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1171&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-2.jpg?resize=671%2C1024&ssl=1 671w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Grateful Dead house was “Party Central” in the 1960s. The band was somewhere in that mass of humanity that was high on life; as well as on other things.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3767" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/36-GRATEFUL-DEAD.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">While the Beatles said all they needed was love, The Grateful Dead only needed drugs, drugs, and more drugs; and maybe a little love, too.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="809" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=800%2C809&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3769" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-1.jpg?w=949&ssl=1 949w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=297%2C300&ssl=1 297w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GRATEFUL-DEAD-HOUSE-1.jpg?resize=768%2C777&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"> The Grateful Dead in 1966, clockwise from top left: Bill Kreutzmann, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">We returned to the epicenter of the late 60s hippie movement, which was the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets. As I stood there, it was easy to picture the “long-haired freaky people” who searched for inner peace and tranquility throughout their world. While my photographer, his wife, and I would never support the hippie movement with their use of drugs and hallucinogens, the concept of world peace and love is something all of us should strive for. It appears the bands of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury District were more focused on partying, getting high, and protesting the establishment; and at times, not bathing. But the 60s and 70s did have one rock and roll messiah that believed in finding peace and love; and it wasn’t Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, or Jerry Garcia. It was John Lennon; a visionary who simply wanted to give peace a chance. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3772" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The most famous corner in San Francisco was the site of the hippie movement during the 1967 “Summer of Love”.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1085" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=800%2C1085&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3773" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=3878&ssl=1 3878w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=221%2C300&ssl=1 221w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=768%2C1042&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=755%2C1024&ssl=1 755w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/29-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The clock at the street corner of Haight and Ashbury was frozen in time at 4:20. Four-twenty is the code for those individuals involved in the cannabis culture; in other words, ‘Pot Heads’.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1190" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-2.jpg?resize=800%2C1190&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3790" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-2.jpg?w=960&ssl=1 960w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-2.jpg?resize=202%2C300&ssl=1 202w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1142&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-2.jpg?resize=688%2C1024&ssl=1 688w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">This 1966 photograph captured Grateful Dead manager Rock Scully (left) talking to author Tom Wolfe (right) as Jerry Garcia looked on as though he was stoned.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="513" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=800%2C513&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3774" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=4476&ssl=1 4476w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=300%2C192&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=768%2C492&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=1024%2C656&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My photographer figured he needed a shirt from the Haight-Ashbury T-shirts store at the corner, but he had second thoughts as fat guys don’t look good in tie-dye.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="651" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-1.jpg?resize=800%2C651&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3789" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-1.jpg?w=980&ssl=1 980w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-1.jpg?resize=300%2C244&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HAIGHT-ASHBURY-1.jpg?resize=768%2C625&ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The late 1960s hippie scene at the corner of Haight and Ashbury.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="545" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=800%2C545&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3775" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=5849&ssl=1 5849w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=300%2C204&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=768%2C523&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=1024%2C697&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/32-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">I had wondered if they served ‘Cherry Garcia’ ice cream at Ben & Jerry’s on the corner of Haight and Ashbury.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3776" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/28-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A mural of Jimi Hendrix was painted on a building that overlooked Haight Street.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3777" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/33-HAIGHT-ASHBURY.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The decorative façade of Burger Urge was perfect for its location on Haight Street.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="582" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=800%2C582&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3782" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=5487&ssl=1 5487w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=300%2C218&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=768%2C558&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=1024%2C744&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/39-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Our first look at the Golden Gate Bridge was less than awe-inspiring due to the fog. But with four additional days left to see it, Tom was confident that the bridge would be fog-free at least one of the days.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="1200" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3786" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?w=4000&ssl=1 4000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/40-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-2.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Even with the fog, it still seemed cool to ride over San Francisco’s historic and iconic bridge.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3784" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">As we approached the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, Vicki mentioned that she would like to walk over the bridge during our stay.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="653" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=800%2C653&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3787" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=4879&ssl=1 4879w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=300%2C245&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=768%2C627&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?resize=1024%2C836&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/42-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The fog wasn’t any better on the north side of the Golden Gate; which cancelled the plan that Tom had of photographing the bridge from the scenic overlook on that side of the water.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">After a quick stop at Rasputin Records on Haight Street where my photographer struck out in his never-ending quest for KISS albums, we boarded the Mustang and headed for our VRBO rental apartment. The ten-mile trip to our home-away-from-home took us over the Golden Gate Bridge; I was excited as I got my first look at the historic red suspension bridge. But when the Golden Gate came into view, we saw only a portion of it – the lower portion. Fog had covered the tops of the two tall towers, but the three of us weren’t concerned as we still had four other days to view and photograph the scenic bridge.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">It was nearly 4:20pm when we arrived at our apartment located near Mill Valley. As the clock hit that particular time, I thought to myself: “The clock at the corner of Haight and Ashbury is now correct – at least for one minute.” Our host, Charles Ballinger, met us at the door and he gave the three of us a tour of our new digs. The place was immaculate and very reasonably priced for being less than six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. We had all the comforts of home; with the exception of air conditioning. Charles said that we wouldn’t need any A/C as the interior fans would suffice to move the air. My photographer was impressed as the owner had a bowl of freshly-picked plums on the dining room table; a bowl that didn’t stay full for very long.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3779" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/43-PLUMS-AT-HOME.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Charles Ballinger had picked plums off his backyard tree for my photographer and his wife to enjoy during their stay. The plums lasted two days and Vicki didn’t have a single one.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3780" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/44-PLUMS-IN-TREE.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In the Ballinger’s backyard, Tom managed to find the place to refill the plum bowl.</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="533" src="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?resize=800%2C533&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-3781" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?w=6000&ssl=1 6000w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/eyesofjefferson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/45-BACKYARD.jpg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Charles Ballinger’s backyard appeared to be a landscaping paradise; which my photographer and his wife found to be a great place to wind down after a full day of touring.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size">After my photographer and his wife had dinner at a local In-N-Out Burger, they rested for the remainder of the evening as their bodies still hadn’t adapted to the time change. I was placed on a table that looked out towards Ballinger’s backyard – a yard that was filled with amazing flowers, bushes, trees, and a fountain. As I stood there throughout the evening and into the night, my only thought was centered on a rock; or should I say, ‘The Rock”? That’s right, the next morning the three of us were headed to prison – Alcatraz Prison that is!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://eyesofjefferson.com/75-bobble-head-yes-dead-head-no/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3729</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>