trips.......

ok, so i am comtemplating trips these days..........one must do something useful in long trainings/commutes/sermons..........all of the aforementioned scenarios last at most 18 minutes...but still.......my mind wanders to travel.........i am thinking about central california on spring break.....yosemite....to which i have never been.....and s.f........and maybe death valley/joshua tree national monument.......half the price of tickets to paris or shannon......too bad......but i have not seen my friend beth in s.f. for several years....so maybe i need to make the effort.......i did finally trek the 2.5 hours to see our mutual friend jane.....so what is a cross-country plane flight?.......i really like the tea room in the japanese garden in golden gate park just off the haight-asbury section of s.f.....just lovely......there is a red bridge similar to the one at the huntington museum in l.a..........i have a photograph of myself with my great aunt catherine on that bridge......from maybe 1965 or so.......the last time i was in s.f you couldn't stand on the bridge any longer......must be an insurance risk of some sort.......too bad.........anyway....i always function must better when there is a potential trip in the offing..................