Finally Home

      I thought it might be a good time to post the final chapter of our western trip, particularly since it ended over two months ago.  Our last morning in San Fran consisted of heading over the Golden Gate Bridge for a few views of the bay and the city.  An amazing bank of fog produced an extremely interesting set of images.  Shooting into the sun was also problematic, but I think some of the shots turned out pretty well.

    According to the information contained in one of our guide books, the bridge was opened in 1937 and was the longest suspension bridge in the world a t 4,200 feet until 1964.

     On our way to the airport, we had time to drive into the downtown area and search for a fountain that was donated to the city by 19th century actress Lotta Crabtree.  Lotta is one of the actresses that Nan is researching.  She started her career in the gold fields of California and had a career that lasted almost half a century.  She was an early advocate of protecting animals and had the fountain pictured below built for horses to drink from.

     Of course, there aren't many horses still pulling carriages around the streets of San Francisco, but the fountain remains as a remembrance of an actress so popular that she was known by her first name.