Slideshow Index: San Francisco Visit

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• Feb 17th - At the Tucson Airport
• Alex with Star Wars Legos
• Iphone photos are sequenced ahead of Digital Camera
• David, Kelly, Alex, and Gary at "The Fat Lady" in Oakland for brunch.
• Presca is Jasper's mom. Jasper is Alex's best friend in his school.
• Jasper is here for a play date with Alex
• They have a lot of fun together
• Play time
• David reading to Alex
• Dessert time
• Alex had a ball with the birthday train set from David's cousin Michael
• Feb 20th is Alex's birthday. Opening presents after the party at home.
• David helping with the haul
• Alex and presents
• Alex (yellow) at the Oakland Ice Center
• Arnie using David's skates (Arnie's old skates)
• Birthday Supper after the party
• Alex's school in the Berkley foothills
• The Chabot school is the best in this area
• Picking up Alex in the day care area
• Feb 21st - Crossing the Bay Bridge from Oakland to SF
• Laurie had passes to the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park
• An albino crocodile
• A sea turtle
• Quite the aquarium
• Sharks and other critters
• Sea anemones (or urchins?)
• Coral formations
• Finding Nemo?
• Giant clam
• Unusual creatures
• The diversity and colors are amazing
• Looks like a "brain" coral
• Striking colors
• Jellyfish
• A curious boa
• The Natural History section was very good
• Cheetah and kill
• Zebras
• Gazelles
• Manta Rays
• Unusual Ray
• Spotted Ray
• David works for Adobe Systems in downtown San Francisco
• David and his mom, Laurie Reinhart
• We had lunch on the patio at the Adobe lunch area
• Ice cream treat after school on the 21st
• Grandpa and Alex
• On the way to the Oakland Airport
• Feb 19th - Hiking at the Albany Waterfron Trail in Oakland (Camera pictures now)
• The Bay bridge and Treaure Island
• The Golden Gate bridge
• An Alex dance move
• Good place for a waterfront hike
• Along the trail
• Downtown San Francisco
• David and Alex
• Better closeup
• Looking back towards Oakland
• Hi Mr. Squirrel
• The trail gets rockier as we progress
• The Golden Gate bridge again
• This is one of the spots that David kitesurfs in the bay
• The winds are strong and steady here
• Looking back over some wet and rocky terrain
• Alex likes the pools along the way
• Heading back towards the park
• A perfect pool for toys
• Mallard duck pair
• Lots of birds
• Hippie commune area
• David has his big camera going
• The hippie art collection
• Some formation
• An overlooking swing spot
• David and DSLR
• The boys are swinging
• A popular beach spot for families
• Kelly (Alex's mom) and Gary at David's house
• Feb 20th - Oakland Ice Center for Alex's birthday party
• Nice party room setup for Alex's friends
• The crowd starts to gather
• Getting set up for pizza and cake
• Jasper and Alex
• Kelly helps serve the pizza
• David and friend look on
• Lots of Alex's friends were there with the parents
• Naturally they had toy Zamboni's there
• Getting ready to skate afterwards
• Still eating
• Alex and Grandpa Arnie
• David's mom, Laurie Reinhart
• Alex learning to skate using the can stacks for balance
• He was catching on fast
• David and Jason watching the action
• David skating by (we were up above the rink)
• I love Tim Horton's shops (3500 in Canada and 800 in the US)