May 8, 2021, Saturday
We cooked breakfast in the condo, packed up and then went to what I thought would be a relatively short time share condo presentation. It took longer than I had hoped and we ended up making a small purchase to correct a deficiency in our membership. They are always trying to sell. That is our last purchase!
We finally got on the road by 2:30 with little charge in the battery or gas in the tank, so I filled up at a gas station near the condo before I left to avoid California's high gasoline prices. We took route 50, which starts in Ocean City Maryland and runs over 3000 miles across the country, out of South Lake Tahoe across the Sierra Nevada mountains. That is an incredibly scenic drive. Lots of great views, lots of sweet smelling, big, green trees and a vey rustic feel. That lasted until we got to the outskirts of Sacramento when we encountered sprawling suburbs and route 50 ended. We got on I-80 and drove west to Lafayette CA. to visit with friends of the step daughter. She knew the couple, a Frenchman and a Lebanese-American, from her days working in the French government's tourist office in LA. They have a beautiful classic California ranch style home. We ate a wonderful dinner, both food and conversation, out on their patio.
Leaving the step-daughter with her friends, we didn't leave until close to 11 and it was about 11:30 when after crossing the new Bay Bridge we checked into Donatello hotel in San Francisco. A 5 star hotel, you could tell by the $25/day valet parking fee, and the room was reasonably large for a big city hotel.
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