Second full day in SF- a tour with the Agids, and evening with Aimee and Christine

In the morning, Bruce showed me how to get in and out and the trick to using the garage keypad. He was heading out for a weekend camping trip, and then on Monday leaving for one month in Costa Rica, so he was leaving me the place for the night, which was really convenient for me. He also fed me a great smoothy. He headed out the same time that Judy and Gary got there. We got my bike and trailer boxed and shipped from a UPS store. Bye bike! It was weird seeing it in a box after spending so much time with it for so long, and I couldn't stand to split with the flag that was always back there keeping me alive, so I hacksawed it down to about 1.5 feet shorter than before, and fit it in the bike box. After brunch, Judy, Gary and I did fun touristy activities all day. I'd been to SF but not for 15 years, so it was fun to be a tourist there. We walked down from Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, drove down the twisty portion of Lombard, and then down the steepest hill in San Francisco, then out to Twin Peaks for a great view of the whole Bay Area, from which we saw more of the Golden Gate Bridge than I'd seen my whole time there (just a bit of the base), then to Fishermans' Wharf, mostly to admire the sea lions and get some dinner.
In th evening I ran to Russian Hill or something like that to meet up with Burning Man friends Aimee and Christine, who were finishing their dinner at their new favorite restaurant in town. Aimee was celebrating her new prescription, and Christine and I joined her in celebrating. :)
We went out to Shine, danced a little, talked, drank, and Aimee experienced her first two-way mirror which was in the men's room looking out. Fun night, and I'm looking forward to seeing the ladies out on the playa!
Well that's it, folks. I got home safe and sound.
Thank you very very much Meghan Pinch for lending me your bike trailer, and Chad for the other gear. Thank you Drew for lending me Bicycling the Pacific Coast. It got so well used I will have to buy you a new one. Thank you Mike and Kim and Lefties, Doug and Debbie in Manzanita, Brian, Bruce, Judy and Gary for the hospitality. Thank you to the fruit stand vendors along with way who graciously offered me their fruit for free. Thank you to all the bike tourers who I met and travelled with, especially Kirk- your company made the trip so much more meaningful. Kirk and I travelled together really well, and our camping and bike skills complemented each other beautifully. I hope it works out for us to do another tour! Thank you to attentive and courteous drivers who gave all us tourers plenty of room. Thank you Mother Nature for providing a stretch of the most pleasant weather on the planet- just one evening of light rain the entire time, and the rest sunny and in the low to mid 70's, with wind that for the most part was going my way.
This tour was a great experience, and I'm already looking forward to doing another!