Welcome to San Francisco

After eating our In-N-Out and getting out of the 'burbs, we headed back out on I-80. When started seeing a lot of water (the Bay), we new we were getting closer to our destination, San Francisco.


When we passed through Berkeley, we also knew we were in Berkeley by the lone protester on a walkway bridge who was shirtless and holding up a large sign. However, this man could have used a lesson or two in proper activism, since he was holding his sign opposite the direction of oncoming traffic... so whatever he was protesting, it will always be a mystery to us.

Traffic also indicated we were nearing San Francisco:


California used to keep their prisoners here at Alcatraz:


Props to all the escapees that risked falling into the freezing cold water of the Bay. I feel like they should have gotten automatic parole if they managed to escape there.

Interestingly, Treasure Island is actually located outside of SF, unlike the Caribbean like I had imagined:


The treasure wasn't in this tunnel:


Maybe the treasure is San Francisco itself? Here is the skyline from the interstate:


We found out thay many stereotypes about Californians are true in San Fran.

For example, Californians like palm trees:


Californians like to surf:

Californians have the Smug (see South Park), driving hybrid cars and smelling their own farts:


Californians also are Obama voters and drive the official car of lesbians, Subarus:


California is also the last place on Earth where Volkswagen Beetles are cool:


Did I mention they really like hybrid cars? So smug.


Californians may also be perverts...

...since they have a ton of strip clubs:

There are also a lot of Chinese people in California:

Some stereotypes about San Francisco are also true, like that there are many hills:

There are also a lot of gays in San Francisco, even this pug is crossdressing using a feather boa instead of a leash:

But after a little driving we neared Web's sister's neighborhood in North Beach, near the Italian neighborhood (our crash pad for the night). Parking was a bit of a hassle. However, San Francisco is very considerate of your blood pressure needs as well:

Once we actually parked, Jenny, Web's sister, has a cute little apartment and a very friendly and pleasant roommate and cat. How quaint! We chitchatted for awhile then headed to Japantown to go to San Wang's, my mothers favorite Chinese restaurant from when she lived in the heart of SF. It was also on Travel Channel, as is a ton of food for the money. I ordered the San Wang Soup, which was actually a lot like Korean soups I have had. In addition to the kimchi served at the table and the Korean names for some dishes I suspect this resturant may be owned by Koreans or ethnic Koreans from China, since there was some Korean-style Chinese food on the menu.

After San Wang's we retired for the evening, but only after I made a large number of blog posts.

Utah Part I: Saltiness

We finally entered Wyoming in the early evening of Wednesday. Utah's welcome sign is pretty exciting, with a skier on there:


The landscape also becomes much more interesting almost as soon as you cross into Utah with cool rock formations like this one:


And these ones:


Utah also has beehives as state route sign symbols. Bzzzzzzz.

Since we were crossing the skinny part of Utah we got to Salt Lake City pretty quick:


It was bigger than I expected. What was really big was the Mormon temple.


SLC is the known center of Mormonism, so we expected the city to be pretty conservative and dull. But in fact, it was far more interesting than much of what we saw in past Midwestern states. There was a variety of dining available (we ate at a decent Greek place) and saw some hippies and hipsters. Much most shockingly, we found the Salt Lake City gay district:

Once we left SLC we drove past the Great Salt Lake. Web thought it was pretty creepy looking. At some points this lake area smells disgustingly swampy like there are rotting animals in still water. At other points it just smelt salty. We also passed what looked like a salt production plant... or at least we hope those huge white mounds were salt.

Near the marshy Salt Lake area we ran into a lot of insects. By ran over, I meant killed a small population with the car on impact.

Kia 836, Insects 0, K.O.

Thinking Progressively is Straying From God (More Petersburg)

A third lesson Web and I learned from the Creation Museum is that our progressive thinking with most likely land us a front seat in Hell. Progressive thinking is inherently straying from God's word.

Man also at one point decided Pluto was a planet. We are doomed! Whatever.

If you are planning on making it to the pearly gates, you are especially screwed if you work for, are a member of, or support the ACLU. God HATES the ACLU. Civil liberties are for Satan worshippers:



Evils of plots devised by the Devil himself and promoted widely by the left that are taking away all morality include (but are by no means limited to):

Abortions

Stem Cell Research

Cannabis
Homosexuality
Porn

Oh, and did I mention God HATES the ACLU?

Ladies & Gents, cancel your ACLU membership now before it's too late.