San Francisco 3/21/09 & 3/22/09

3/21/09 ~

We made it off the ship today and are now cozied up at the Chancellor Hotel with free wifi! Yeah ~ no more paying $100 for each 250 minutes. K3cruiser is stashing her luggage with us as she makes her way around SF today & is invited to dinner with us with ( Annie, Allan, Shirley, her husband, Ruth & I) before she heads to the airport for a late flight out.

Tomorrow Ray (Rat) from San Francisco, Carol & Jim from Placerville & their friend Debbie from San Francisco & Nancy from Pacifica ~ will all meet in Pacifica to smuze!  Carol & Jim will pick us up in the morning here at the Chancellor Hotel and we all will spend the day together catching up, dining together and sightseeing. The wonderful benefits of cruising with friends along the way.

More later on!

3/22/09 ~

The cable cars drive up and down the hills on Powell street right below our window at the Chancellor Hotel - We awakened to clanging, horns honking and bells ringing and knew that the cable cars were on the move again. We had breakfast about 830am at Luque's Restaurant in our hotel along with several other Salsas 49ers who are staying here as well.

Carol and Jim picked us up at the Chancellor Hotel = 1030am. We put the scooter in the trunk and drove down the 101S connecting to Route 1 South along the coast watching a racing wind whip over the water causing whitecaps everywhere and waves crashing over the rocks and then onto a very wet and sandy shore. 

We stopped at "Nicks" in Rockaway Beach near Pacifica (see picture above) and Jim wrapped up Ruthie in his Jacket (see picture above) while we walked around and the wind whipped around us until we got to cold and we all headed inside and hung out in the bar having hot coffee to warm up until Rat & Debbie arrived.

We ordered our meals =1230pm.   At about 130pm Nancy, another fellow cruiser showed up and joined our group.  We all and sat at the same table until = 315pm chattering about our Salsas 49ers cruise memories and everyone's else's plans for their next crusies. See picture above.  

And then we all said our goodbyes ~ standing in a wild wind hugging each other and finally the 4 of us climbed in Carol's Camry and headed back to San Francisco.

We drove past Bart's above ground rail & what we think was the Carnival Pride? in quazi dry dock having some refurbishments and also saw the new baseball field close by.

Carol & Jim dropped Ruth & I off at our Hotel =4pm and we waved wistfully goodbye.

It is so much fun getting to spend quality time with all of our beloved friend's from cruises gone by . . .

I will treasure each of you in my heart . . .

You all are so precious to me!

 . . . & that goes also for every Salsas 49er and any other fellow cruiser I met on board the Carnival Splendor.