We're here and as always, California is GREAT! I have always had a soft spot for California since my first time here 20+ years ago. I almost missed my connection in Dallas; by schedule I had 40 minutes between flights and of course, the arrival gate was just about the furthest point you could get from the departure gate, but that would have been OK. In fact, we touched down 20 minutes early, so I was elated that I would now have plenty of time; except, there was another plane in our gate, so we were going to have to wait 5-10 minutes, still ahead of schedule, no problem. The 5-10 minutes turned into about 35 minutes, now we were really cutting it close, then when we get to the gate the skywalk (or whatever they call it) isn't functioning properly so we have to wait for them to fix it before the door could be opened (for safety reasons). When that door opened, I ran to the train, missed he first one, then ran down the escalator and to the gate, if I had been 5 seconds later, the gate agent said they would have closed the door to the plane and I would have missed the flight - talk about luck! Amazingly I arrived early in San Francisco, found Swami Padma and we chatted while waiting for Bharata's flight to arrive; his was early, as well, so we were off on our adventure! The Sivananda Yoga Center (where we are staying) is across from Golden Gate Park.
We went for a walk through the park later Tuesday afternoon, it's very beautiful, there is even an old fashioned carousel. I have to go back earlier in the day to see it working. Hey, maybe I can go for a ride on it, do they let grownups do that or do you have to be a kid?
It feels a lot colder than I was expecting, I had forgotten about the wind and somehow the humidity makes it sort of damp, so combined with the wind it cuts right through you. Since I wanted to pack light, I brought one (what I previously thought was very warm) hoodie! Guess I learned. But all is well, I was able to borrow a sweatshirt and some sweat pants, life is good! All in all, we've been extremely fortunate. The weather is actually exceptional for out here, very sunny and clear. It's cold compared to Florida, but everything is relative. Now that I have warm clothes, I'm enjoying the change. Wednesday, we ran a few errands with Swami Padma and then we all went to Cafe Gratitude for lunch. The food is incredible, I thought I had eaten some fantastic raw food in the past, but nothing even comes close to this. Lunch by itself was worth flying out here for! I've died and gone to heaven.
So far we are having a fantastic time, can't wait to see what today holds. Oh, one more boon for California, it makes getting up for meditation so easy, because on east coast time it's 9 AM - I could handle that, no problem! Gotta run, time to eat. Oh, they also have the best avocados and I'm pigging out on them, with every meal - I love it! Until later, have a stupendous day, I certainly plan to.
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