Last weekend the CANA Fall conference was held in Berkeley California. During the trip we were able to drop across the water to Fisherman’s Wharf twice for lunch and then dinner with friends.

Flying in over the San Francisco bay is a beautiful sight on a clear fall day.

The Airbus Express flight from Los Angeles to Oakland Airport was very quick. We barely got into cruising when the decent into Oakland and the landing across the water began. Landing into Oakland Airport is a great thrill because of the descent very close to the water.

Anyone that has been to San Francisco will tell you that these are the steepest streets around. This is a shot of Lombard Street, one of the famous hill climbs in the city. From this lofty height most of the bay can be seen.

The next must see stop for any tourist is Fisherman’s Wharf. Between you and me, I have had better sea food in San Diego at the Aqua Blu in the Gas Light district. One of my eatery recommendations for a cafe must see and taste is the Aqua Blu. Life is too short not to visit this wonderful place in San Diego.

The San Francisco fisherman’s Wharf is more of an event kind of place. The afternoon that we were there, the Snowbirds from Canada were doing fly overs. There were kinda cute with their Red bottoms and while tops. They seemed to be much slower than our Blue Angeles.

The crab was really good and the clam chowder not bad. Nothing like fresh cracked crab to make your day really shine. What makes the crab taste so good is the cocktail sauce that goes with it. If you are a purist maybe its the butter and lemon that you prefer?

The Golden Gate bridge is still standing. With all of the terrorist talk you have to worry. God I hate even thinking about it. The toll for the Golden Gate bridge is still $3.00 per person and I hear that the cost is going up to $5.00 per person. If you have to commute I would hope that you could get a monthly pass or it would break the bank if you had to fork out $10.00 just in bridge fees every day.

Oh my God, the gas prices are out of sight. With the price of oil going for nearly $60.00 dollars a barrel, President Bush has got to be crapping in his pants. How can this administration survive with gas prices this high. Maybe its a communist plot?

Ok, back to reality. Sorry for wandering around but its been a long day and I am preoccupied with thinking about the tests coming up in Pharmacology and Anatomy next week so my focus is not on this writing. If you are new to this sight, trust me, I don’t do this wandering thing much at all. I am on a roll now.

My friends were at the airport for the flight back to Los Angeles and reality. Brian Le, a senior nurse anesthesia student at USC and Helen Huynh a first year student, were travel companions during the trip. Brian is such a funny guy, he had all of us rolling for two days straight. Just one thing. You have got to watch this guy when he drives at night. Do you remember the story of The Wind in the Willows and Toads wild ride. Brian reminded us of Toad in the way he drives anyway. Having Brian along was such a great treat for us. Looking back on the weekend now, Brian made the trip for us. What I bring back is great memories and a new friendship. I am humbled and blessed.

The four USC students before take off, tired and ready to start a new week. Brian is off to clinical rotation at the VA or somewhere and the rest of us will be cracking the books bigtime.