STAYING AT THE TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE “Famcamp” isn’t really convenient to anyplace in the Bay Area. It’s a nice place, however, and the $20 a night charge takes the sting out of the commute. We never became comfortable with the traffic — or the tolls — and wonder about the sanity of those who brave it every day.
San Francisco sculpture
Connie’s old friends, Linda and Steve, took us into San Francisco for a day of sight-seeing. We cut it short when John’s back gave out, but we had been here before so no harm, no foul. We had another chance to sample the city after our visit to Fort Point, a Union Civil War fort nestled under the Golden Gate Bridge. The fort was built to protect SF Bay but its burley canons never fired a shot in anger. Gabby, our GPS, guided us over the Golden Gate Bridge on the way to the fort but took us home through town — and the inevitable construction snarls.
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter, the home-front heroine of WW II has her own National Historic Site at the former Henry Kaiser Victory ship plant in Richmond. Not only did Kaiser provide ships for the war and opportunities undreamed of for women, he offered affordable healthcare for all his employees and their families. What a concept, what? And, yes, he is the Kaiser of Kaiser-Permanente.
Tao House
I confess, I am not familiar with any of Eugene O’Neil’s plays. Somehow he and Faulkner have evaded me. But now I have seen Tao House, the California home where he did some of his best work. I have seen his office, his desk and even his undershorts! Guess I’ll have to read A Moon for the Misbegotten or something now.
