I mentioned dinner at The Melting Pot, the day at King’s Dominion and the party. I didn’t mention that we gave Megan a computer and Kelley gave her a printer to go with it. I think the neatest present that my dad got was the DVD of his wedding of the cruise ship in Minnesota. She had taken the original VHS tape (the mini one from the camcorder) and with the help of her uncle encoded it to DVD. That was a gift from the heart.

Dad got a lot booze from his friends and some really great t-shirts. Kelley and I are looking into getting him an airline ticket out to California so he can see his brother.

I love Google Analytics – it’s cool to see where the few readers I have are located around the world. Unfortunately, it doesn’t track the mega-provider like AOL (which uses proxy servers) very well – tends to throw them in the generic category. I can tell Megan is back online as I can see Nashville again and of course, my sister there in Woodbridge. Tucson and LA seem to show up regularly. All in all it’s only a very few hits a day. It’s also sort of an early warning system for when stuff will hit the fan. It’s sort of funny though how certain parts of the country can go without viewing my blog and then a key event happens and they come back. I wonder if they are waiting to read what I have to say about certain people who didn’t bother to show up for my dad’s 70th birthday.

Still trying to play catch up but my memories are still very clear on my walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. What a great experience! Four of us grabbed a city bus that took us to the foot of the bridge. How cool is that – public transportation that is tourist friendly? The fog was starting to roll back in – it was around 3:30PM but it was clearer (and slightly warmer) than it was earlier that morning. The first small section of the bridge was under repair so there was some chainlink fencing up – it made it “easier” for me to look over the edge. I have a serious fear of falling. The chainlink fence ended once we got past the “seismic repairs”. I tried looking over the edge but the gusts of wind started freaking me out – I walked almost on the “wrong” side of the walkway just to stay away from the railing and the edge. Even watching other people look over the edge was giving me the creeps. But even with my fear of falling it was beautiful – I enjoyed the entire trek across and back.

I think we figured up that I walked over 8 miles in the 2 days I was out and about in San Francisco.