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Fun Photo Friday — San Francisco 2

Street Color

Today’s Fun Photo Friday I present another batch of San Francisco favorites from this journey. Next week we’ll continue aboard the Crown Princess to Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the mighty Columbia River.

Here’s today’s photo gallery and slide show:

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San Francisco Part 4

San Francisco skyline

Today I’m going to present some more images from around San Francisco. Here is an example of colorful “street art” and some charming streets:

Street Art

The Streets of San Francisco

Chinatown

Here’s a rather interesting building bounded by Kearny Street and Columbus Avenue just blocks away from the Transamerica Pyramid. It’s the Columbus Tower, which hosts Francis Ford Coppola’s and George Lucas’ famous American Zoetrope and the Café Zoetrope:

Columbus Tower (the verdigr...

San Francisco Part 3

Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower

Before continuing with our Hop-On/Hop-Off tour of San Francisco, I’m going to start today’s article with some more views from atop Coit Tower. The 210-foot/64-meter Coit Tower sits atop the 275-foot/84-meter Telegraph Hill. As you can imagine, being some 485 feet/148 meters above San Francisco Bay will grant some spectacular views. Here is the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which connects the financial district of San Francisco to Yerba Bue...

Fun Photo Friday — San Francisco 1

Street Color

Here is today’s gallery of some San Francisco Fun Photo Friday favorites:

Golden Gate in Mist

The Pyramid

The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square

San Francisco Architecture

Coit being Coy

Crown Princess framed by trees

Alcatraz

Church Steeple

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San Francisco Part 2

Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill

Taking the H-O/H-O in San Francisco doesn’t just limit you to within the city. You can also cross the bay to Lime Point for some magnificent views of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate in Mist

Heading back across the bridge and into town, make sure you hike around for some great street views:

Street Colors

San Francisco

Make sure you climb Telegraph Hill. There’s more to see than just Coit Tower and the views from atop it. There’s also Pion...

San Francisco Part 1

San Francisco skyline

On April 30 of this year Ursula and I did a rather enjoyable West Coast cruise that started in Los Angeles with stops in San Francisco; Astoria, Oregon; Victoria, British Columbia; and finishing up in Vancouver, Canada on May 6. Starting today and over the next two weeks I’ll be presenting images of San Francisco, saving of course my favorite images for the next two Fun Photo Fridays. So, set back and enjoy, starting with our arrival into San Francisco:

Crown Princess

Do...

Firing Review — The new Inland .30 M1 Carbine

.30 Inland M1 Carbine, 1945 version with oiler and sling

About a month ago I gave you a first look at the new .30-caliber M1 Carbine, 1945 version. You can read that first look review here:

Firearms Review — First Look at the new Inland M1 Carbine

Seldom have I experienced as much anticipation in advance of test firing a weapon as with the new Inland. I simply could not wait to get it out to the range, and I finally had an excuse when a friend asked me to instruct him in firearms handling fol...

Firing Review — The stainless Colt M1991A1 .38 Super +P

Colt M1991A1 .38 Super +P

You may recall that I gave a first-look review of this intriguing weapon and caliber before. I had no intentions of firing that weapon, and still don’t as it’s a pre-bankruptcy example of the venerable Colt M1911 design in a somewhat rare caliber.

What’s in the box

Fortunately I satisfied my itch to try the M1911 in .38 Super +P by acquiring a second copy. As with the first copy, this one is also a Model 1991A1 in stainless, and outwardly it’s identical. The only dif...

Shooting a Pair of Cheetahs — Comparing the Beretta 84FS and 85FS

These Cheetahs travel in packs of two

Next week I’ll return to travel and photography with a series on West Coast cruising to San Francisco, California; Astoria, Oregon; and Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. This week, however, will solely feature firearms. So, sorry, travel and photography fans, but I owe a bunch of people some promised gun articles.

A sampling of the included goodies

Today, I shoot a pair of Cheetahs. Relax, wildlife fans. I’m talking about the Beretta series 80 Che...

Fun Photo Friday — Favorite Photos from the Catwalk

Over the Creek and Around the Bend

I hope you enjoyed this road trip over the past three weeks, including the extraordinary 1Zero6 Café review and the tour of Silver City, New Mexico. Here are today’s favorites from the Catwalk:

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