We’re a flurry of activity as our time in San Francisco winds to a close. Today we walked to the California Academy of Sciences – a really neat natural history museum which also has a rainforest, aquarium, and live penguins which we watched being fed. We saw the planetarium show Cosmic Collisions which was excellent, too. Tomorrow we’ll head to the Exploratorium. Wednesday – maybe our third try at basketball or else an AIDS memorial at Golden Gate Park. Speaking of AIDS, when we were at Amoeba Music, a huge record store (Yes, they have actual records.), I was looking at their selection of used books by or about musicians and bought one by Elton John, Love is the Cure. It’s a quick read; if you can get your hands on a copy you could finish it in an afternoon. John is a clear, concise writer. His Elton John AIDS Foundation has raised millions of dollars not only for AIDS research but also prevention and care throughout the world.

We were able to touch sea urchins & starfish.

The African Penguins!

A ghost praying mantis – It’s actually that thing that looks like a leaf hanging off the branch.

The living roof at the California Academy of Sciences

This is what a million dollars will buy you in San Francisco.