Beating Drums
Helping Others Through the Art of Hand Drumming

Wow…. what a day, what a day.  No drums today, but oh what a day.

I got in to San Francisco very late last night, or was it very early today?  The drive into the city was beautiful. Lights all around, beautiful calm night, a wonderful drive across the Bay Bridge…. it seemed to be the beginning of what would be a superlicious day.  Once I got into the city I drove by Dolores Park to scope out my site for the drum session. I found the perfect spot on top of the hill overlooking the park with a great view of downtown.

I headed for my hotel and decided I’d skip breakfast and sleep in…  I woke up around 10AM, heard some pitter patter outside and learned that it was raining.  I love rain, but my drums do not!  They are wooden drums and I did not want to take any chances. The rain slowed to a drizzle but it was still too wet for drums and the park was soaked and muddy.   I called my friend, we met for a walk at the park and strolled around the city for a short while. She headed back home and I stayed to adventure the city.

I’d been to the San Francisco area before but not into the downtown area. So here I go… I park and decide to walk around a bit. I took several pics of different buildings, people, and trees where they could be found. I then got back into my car and drove around to many of the other parts of the city.  I eventually found myself at a scenic area looking out to Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge. Wow! What a site.

As my day was ending I realized I needed to start the next leg of my journey so I decided to cross the Golden Gate Bridge and head over to Saulsalito for dinner.  I had dinner at a little restaurat “Little Taste of Rome” and loaded some of my pics up to Facebook.  After dinner I packed up, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge again and started my journey south.

Overall it was a great day of site seeing. I handed flyers to new people that I met and of course did the occasional flyer placement in restaurants near the condiment and napkin tables. Based on the website analytics I have in place it seems that several people from the SF area visited the site so I hope that even though the drums didn’t make it, that perhaps a few people learned a little more about Alzheimer’s through the website.

Ok my friends… the journey continues….

Next stop… Laguna Beach, CA.

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