I had a nice drive despite the rain along the presidio, past the wharves, and across the Golden gate bridge. Some very old family friends own an antique store in Sausilito, and I've never seen it so I decided to drop by - unannounced. The fact that it's been at least four years since I've seen either of them (and likely much longer) made it even more fun. Jim was working behind the counter and was surprisingly quick in recognizing me. I wandered around the shop exploring while he dealt with some customers. We sat down and talked about past travels (they'd recently been in Cuba), future travels (he's off to Paris via London tomorrow), and all the gossip about friends and family.

At a quarter to four I decided I should get going in case there was traffic. I had planned on going back to the East Bay by driving north on 101 then taking the Richmond bridge across the bay. The theory was that I would avoid traffic. The theory was wrong, it took me nearly two hours to get to Oakland. I think that there must have been an accident up 101, because that was well over an hour right there (to go something like five miles). Once I got to Oakland I picked up Amy (somewhat late) and we went back to her place where somehow she convinced me to go for a run with her (actually I convinced her to let me go - but I'm not sure what made me do that). The run was actually really nice, but I'm definitely going to feel it tomorrow! After the run we went with her parents to a great dinner at a Burmese restaurant. We'd planned on going to bed really early since we'll be driving all night tomorrow, but somehow it was midnight before I got to bed.