This morning the skies were very grey and it was soon pouring with rain. I caught the hop on/hop off bus to Fisherman's Wharf and took refuge in San Francisco's famous Boudin bakery which is right on the sea front and I believe the only working bakery within the city. We had seen the bakers at work through the window and sampled their sourdough bread in a restaurant but had not been inside.
In the bakery shop and cafe there was an array of different sourdough breads including one novelty shaped loaf for each month of the year, as above. The baskets moving on a conveyor around the room brought the bread from the bakery into the cafe.
Riding the bus back to Union Square I was the only passenger so had a personal guided tour from the driver/guide who was telling me how much he liked to drive the right-hand drive bus in the city. Looking at it more closely it was not only from the UK but in its previous life had been operating pretty close to home!! It was apparently one of a number exported to the US by someone known to the driver as 'Fred'. I think he was a bit disappointed that I didn't know him!
This afternoon we left San Francisco under still quite cloudy skies but could just see the now more familiar outlines of the city and bay as we gained height.
It had been very clear when we flew in but today's view was of fluffy clouds and sunlight picking out the contours and physical features below, recalling geography lessons of long ago!
We had heard that the rain we had experienced had fallen as snow over the mountains and could see this when we passed back over the Sierra Nevada.
Back in Reston we have a thin covering of snow which has frozen but which should clear quickly tomorrow as some sunshine is forecast.
Looks like you had a really good trip.
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