Day 153, Friday, November 4

I’d originally planned to spend yesterday catching up with Burt and Jane Yin, who I met at the Salt Lake City KOA and who live in Castro Valley, just West of San Fran. We’d planned to spend the day going for a ride (They’ve got a BMW R100RT) and then having a dinner in the evening. Unfortunately, the mother of one of their friends died [peacefully in her sleep] Sunday and the services were yesterday. Instead of meeting them for a ride yesterday, I went up to join them for lunch today. It was nice to have reconfirmed what incredibly good people Burt and Jane are. They’re both retired and spend much of their time volunteering with the Red Cross, working with their church, and singing in Barbershop choirs. Earlier this year, they drove the local Red Cross support vehicle down to New Orleans to join with the crews working to bring comfort to the displaced. I think they spent two or three weeks down there before coming back North.
After spending several hours with Burt and Jane, I rode back over to San Francisco from Castro Valley to get some better pictures of the Golden Gate bridge and Lombard Street then returned to San Jose for dinner with Peter, Elise, and their son, Rafael.