Took a hike up Lover’s Lane to Julius Khan park after the parade and ceremonies at the National Cemetery and family picnic at the Main Post. Walked back to the car via the Woodline and Yoda statue. 

Searched out a local hike after a bbq with the Eng family in Belmont. The draught seems to have really affected the dam at this park. Next time, we’ll have to take the .9 hike to the Sugarloaf Mountain view!

To continue the “step” theme after class with my student Summer’s mom at the Presidio Y, I decided it was high time to explore the Lyon Street steps, since I’ve been parking by the Lombard/Chestnut gates on Lyon for the last year! 

Parked on Union/Baker and walked up Lyon to Broadway (who knew there was a Presidio entrance there?) and then down the stairs on Baker. Lots of gardeners and construction workers fixing up the palacial homes of Pacific Heights!

Hadn’t been to this park in months, but headed there with James earlier this week for him to shoot hoops and me to hit the tennis ball. There was a huge after-school crowd, so I ended up doing dozens of laps admiring the community garden before the court cleared out. I’ve never seen the garden looking so lovely in full bloom!

Later mass today, so we walked to Homeplate on Lombard for breakfast, picked some fruity treats at the Fort Mason Farmer’s market, identified a lovely picnic spot for a future Sunday, and then frolicked in Aquatic Patk. And at the end: literal Flipflops on Filbert from Leavenworth down!

While Thomas was teching it up, I had a chance to make several laps in the eucalyptus-laden park across the street!

Walked along the water a bit after the San Pedro party at Mission Rock. Sun setting: loveliness…lots of building…and a Grey’s Anatomy moment when I saw a helicopter land at Benihoff and the stretcher and staff rush out to it 

Today’s 10,000 steps took us around the Columbus Day parade route! And I didn’t eat a lick of candy the whole way!

Caught up with my friend Carolyn today for a walk around Civic Center and the Center City Farmer’s Market! Meeting spot was SF’s beautiful City Hall!

Reaching my October goal of 10,000 steps a day requires mutiple walks throughout the day. Here are some photos of two of the spots I hit on yesterday’s 3 walks (I didn’t think a mid-day walk to Trader Joe’s merited photos). First thing in the morning, I saw the sunrise over the “crooked street” and I had a lovely rainy afternoon walk at Stowe Lake in GG Park.