ME II: BOS -> SF

Nov 3, 2022 · Maine Event

Yay! We are home. It's like putting on an old pair of jeans that fit just right. Everything is comforting. We got up early and had a nice complimentary buffet breakfast at the hotel and then took the silver line to the airport. That was without incident except we purchased the wrong kind of ticket and a youth helped us jump the gate. They know tricks - there wasn't any jumping involved. The flight was without incident we went around 400-500 miles an hour and it took us a little over 5 hours. The path we took went up over Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas and then dropped down through Montana and caught the corner of Idaho and finally to California. Leaving Boston and for a long time, there was a sea of red leaves turning that went on and on. The Dakotas were cloudy and you couldn't see anything then the whole way from Montana to California there were snow-capped mountains! The Sierras had snow but also the coastal range had snow up toward Mount Shasta. SFO had a little celebration for the Day of the Dead with music. Then we took BART home where there was more music on the plaza.

The neighborhood seems good we aren't usually out mid-afternoon on a weekday. A few new developments: there is a new restaurant very close to us called Andiamo, our corner store used to be called Mama's Spirits and Wine and now is Dolores Deluxe. The new neon is not as cool. Then on our evening walk up the hill, we discovered that there is a new Japanese Tapas and Sushi restaurant called Dash that looks interesting. We went to the farmers' market that is in our neighborhood to restock the vegetable matter and it was lovely. We got a rotisserie chicken, broccoli, and salad items for dinner. That plus some for the next few days - that was a good haul. The food here is significantly cheaper than in Maine. Roughly 50% cheaper. It's true that I can't get oysters from an itty bitty operation from the farmers' market here. I would guess that vegetables are more expensive in Maine and less plentiful but the meat, eggs, and dairy from the farmers' market are less expensive in Maine. Anyway, I could go on. This is mostly to say SOOOO happy to be home.