first we stopped at a reservoir in the bay area where my friends got engaged a year ago. there is a nice trail through the woods that surrounds the water. as my friends reminisced, we were entertained by their recollections and reenactment. maybe we had too much fun and lost track of time because when we got back to our metered parking spot, three vehicles had parking tickets - OUR three vehicles. clearly, we underestimated how much time we would spend there. this is the second ticket i've earned on my trip which is not very good on my budget! oh well. this particular ticket costed me about 350 miles in gas money. : (
after the reservoir, we split up and two cars proceeded to san francisco. josh, kallie, keren, and I consolidated into their rental car to ease the toll and parking hassle. apparently we weren't done looking for tickets. the toll into the city had a 15 minute delay. so, we decided to use the bus/carpool ramp which had no car in sight. unfortunately, after it was too late to return to the regular tolls, we realized the carpool hours did NOT apply to us and we were facing a $270 charge! we had no choice but to continue in that lane and hope for the best. sure enough, there were two motorcycle patrol officers on duty to snatch and fine trespassers. but guess what, they were both still busy writing tickets for three other cars that they had recently pulled over! wow. sigh of relief.
we enjoyed driving around the city.
we stopped at a well-known bridge.
we went to see a well-known row of houses.
our evening plans were disrupted at this point because the rental car wouldn't turn off. the key wouldn't turn or come out of the ignition no matter what we tried. this meant no lombard ave, no fisherman's wharf. instead we took a trip to a closed avis and then a trip to an open avis at the sf airport where we worked out a vehicle exchange.
so, we had adventures. not exactly the ones we planned, but what adventures are fully planned anyway?
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