Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 33 - San Francisco Airport Aviation Museum -

But wait! They have an aviation museum and it's fantastic! It used to be the passenger lobby for the airport in the 1930s. Can you imagine? (And if I recall, this used to be the arrival/departure board! Wow!)

 

"Wheeeee"

All right all right, better work on getting back home now.

But first, a sandwich to nourish us for the flight!

Hey, we just might make it home!  (This was the first flight I've been on where I WANTED every seat to be full, since I knew there were a whole lot of people who hadn't been able to get home yesterday.)

I did splurge on a Vitamin Water; I mostly only buy it at airports, where it's not much more expensive than a regular bottle of water.

But we made it back home! Safe! What a delightful trip!

Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 32 - Pagodas - June 14, 2015

I think this is waiting for a ride around the airport.  We had some time, so we slipped over to the international terminal for a while.

It was 2015, and they had miniature pagodas used in San Francisco's 1915 World's Fair! Hard to photograph, though.

 "Hey! I think that is a bear!"

 

Just sitting in the food court for no reason.

Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 31 - Downtown (a little) - June 14, 2015

Heading back to the airport!

Airport shuttle!

Oh, California.

"It's the airport! Again!"

We had quite a bit of time and I'd wanted to see downtown, so we went ahead and took BART.

Waiting...

Oh! It was so loud but I do like mass transit.

We wandered around a bit.

I love old buildings!

Love!

Love!

Where I'm from, 60 years is old so...

There really are Walgreens everywhere in San Francisco. (I think I found some Japanese Meltyblend chocolate there for my officemate. I got to try some and it was SO GOOD.)

We...actually only had a few minutes to explore before we had to go back to the airport. Well, we could've spent a bit longer, but I was terrified of missing our flight...so the trip was basically a waste of time and money, but ah well.

Riding back!

Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 30 - Spiteful Genie - June 13, 2015

I wasn't quite ready to go home, but alas...we made our way to the airport. I suspect my suitcase fell over and I just thought the photo was funny.

"A nice place to sit!"

"An even nicer place to sit!"

Our flight got delayed...and delayed...and delayed some more...and more...and then moved to a different gate...and then delayed some more.....

So you ever heard of the game "spiteful genie"? You wish for something and then the other person says "Granted, but (something bad with it)."  

Long story short, I wasn't ready to go back home, so Southwest canceled our flight!  We got enough Southwest credit to make it worth my trouble, anyway, and we booked a hotel room for the night. (Eventually.)

Kind of a debacle, but these nice folks took care of us (in exchange for money).

"It has been a very long day and I would like to go to bed now."

Funny thing, my mom had said she wanted to stay in a hotel near the airport someday and watch the planes fly in....that wish was granted too! Just not quite the way we wanted...

Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 29 - Exploring the Presidio - June 13, 2015

We had a little time to go to a lookout in the Presidio.

Since we are this close to the road, I'm not sure if this place was peaceful, but it was kind of neat.

Good places to sit, too!

"Helloooo down there!"

Duffy's Trip to San Francisco - Part 28 - Poor Walt - June 13, 2015

"Let's watch some old Disney TV shows!"

"MouseGetar!"

You could actually control an animatronic bird!

All this and then....

"Oh, poor Walt."

We had to leave quickly (though it was a bit of a relief! Poor Walt!).

But, we were able to go back in again.

I sometimes wonder if the world today would be different if Walt's Epcot had gone ahead as he envisioned it.

And back outside, they were flying kites.

"Thank you for all you did, Mr. Disney! We love you!"