Before setting out on the road for AIDS LifeCycle 7, I spent a couple days in San Francisco. Upon arrival, I quickly set out to do some exploring. I really had only planned to stay in the neighborhood - I was staying in Union Square - but ended up hiking all the way over to the Fisherman's Wharf! IN FLIP FLOPS! Just in case you've never been to San Fran (and I had not been), it's all hills. Steep, unforgiving hills. I had to be careful not to blister and trash my feet since 545 miles of cycling were in my future. I made it across town safely, stopped in some shops along the way and grabbed some fried jumbo shrimp and chips (and an Anchor Steam for good measure) at the Fisherman's Wharf and took the cable car back to my hotel - how San Fran!
Scott was arriving the next morning, so I ventured out around the Union Square area until he arrived at the Powell Street Station via the BART. We took his bike and gear up to the hotel and headed back down toward Powell and Market to look for something to eat and to do some shopping. Not seeing too many choices for lunch, we hit the Fatt Dog hot dog stand. I didn't expect much, but it was actually really good. I got some kind of Santa Fe sausage with chili and cheese. It was delicious.
After some afternoon adventures, we took the street cars down to the Castro for drinks and dinner. We peeked into a few stores and then headed to Harvey's for dinner. It was here that we met Mark and Ralph (more on Mark and Ralph later in the ALC journal). While we were eating and enjoying a couple beers, the two gentlemen mentioned above approached our table, having noticed Scott's AIDS ride shirt. They introduced themselves as Mark and Ralph and said they were Medical Transport for AIDS LifeCycle, that it was nice to meet us, but that they hoped not to see us in their vehicles throughout the week. We spoke for a minute and they went on their way. After dinner and grabbing coffee, we decided to turn in for the night since we had an early morning the next day for Orientation... Which follows in the next post.
Peace.
Dan
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