Sun Sept 21 - San Francisco

Up and out at oh dark thirty to tour to some of SF's favorite tourist destinations before the crowds woke up and went there also.  Started to trace the 49 mile drive but I had failed to verify the route loading in the GPS.  It didn't want to work and we were left with a paper copy of the map.  Since we'd driven the loop twice previously, we decided to pick and choose.  Drove around the Presidio and along the Pacific Ocean, then cut across to Coit Tower.  Then to the foot of Lombard Street and the worlds curviest road.

Note the tourist with the big grin and waving arm.

 Spent the rest of the day at the Computer History Museum in Moutain View.  I had wanted to see this place when they were in Boston decades ago.  They have lots of old stuff, including old things that I had worked with.  The 026 card punch reminded me of grad school and dissertation.  That's where all the programs were written.  And, yes, one of the first exhibits in the first gallery, Analog Computing, was about slide rules.

 Since we were in California, we tried In-And-Out Burger.  It was fine, but it was hard to see where it was that much different than McDonalds.  The presentation was different, but it tasted about the same to me.  We went early and faced a long line, and an even longer wait for the order to be fulfilled.  But when in Rome...