bernal heights with jason

 my nephew jason just happens to be in san francisco at the same time as us. he had been camping and hiking in oregon with a friend and flew to san francisco for another friend's wedding that is this weekend. it was supposed to take place in big sur, but with the bridge still out they had to make other arrangements and i think it's in carmel now. not too bad of a switch in my view! it felt so strange to have him show up at our "home." chanda came back from class and we walked up the hill to bernal heights. 

i expected a quaint nyc park . . it was a bit more rustic than that!

it was windy and chilly on the heights, and i was so glad that i wore my warm sweat shirt.

 it was also much steeper than i expected . . !

looking towards downtown . . 

looking south . . 

 it's so great that there are swings!

 i've been complaining that the state parks we've been staying at didn't have swings in their playgrounds, but i didn't try these! much too high for me . . 

 greg met us and the first thing he said as he came up the hill was, "i expected a nice nyc park . . " too funny! we're such prissy new yorkers, i guess. easterners. we're in the wild west now.

 a view east . .

 and west . . i think . . 

 after clambering around on the top of the heights, heading back down on the path felt like a breeze. i guess now i'm a seasoned san franciscan . . well maybe not quite . . 

 so many of the houses and streets in these neighborhoods are small and quaint and so cute.

 the flowers and people's gardens are lush and colorful.

i haven't figured out all these flowers yet . .

this is the only bulldog we've seen so far .  . (in nyc you pass an english bulldog or a french bulldog approximately every five minutes . . )

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we went home after that, and had a delicious dinner of watermelon mint salad and turkey burgers with sprouted grain rolls (and mayo, mustard, onion and tomatoes . . ). it's nice to have home cooked meals again.

greg and i dropped jason off at his friend's house on dolores street. it's incredibly fun having him here. serendipitous!

his friend's place isn't far from where we're staying, but some of the people around here thought it prudent not to roll the big suitcase up and down so many hills . .