Vacation to California

I left Wednesday with a fun ride to the airport in Newark. It started with Alicia picking me up and taking me to Port Jervis train.  I wasn't sure how to get tickets but the people ahead of us got them and it was easy.  I didn't try to use anything but cash and it worked great.  I was so happy that Alicia waited with me and then put my bags in the car.  What a great take charge woman.  Thanks Alicia.  I traveled with the lady that I got on with and discovered that we were on the NY train.  We stopped in several places in NY and at Ramsey then straight on to Secaucus.  

Now to find my way to the next train.  For me it was the bathroom first.  That finished I saw the office and the nice man took me through to the elevator.  Once found it was no problem and I made the next train.  Not that I needed to but it was cool.  The conductor had me keep my ticket for the aitrain that goes into the airport.  That was easy too because I found an elevator.  Soon I was at my terminal and it was time to go through the checkpoint.  Of course my bag needed searching.  I was really glad I put my things in the plastic bags and my lotion was bigger than 3.5 oz so stayed at the airport.  The least of my concern and I arrived at my gate.  It was 11 and my flight wasn't until 2:30.  I was so glad I was there that I had fun people watching.  I charged my phone with my new charger and it worked great.

Once on the plane I had hoped that no one was sitting in the middle seat but a man that wanted to get home earlier sat there.  It was very cramped but I was glad to be on my way.  The man next to me had to get up more than me.  I think it was just to stretch his legs but we'll never know.  I was glad I had my audio books on my phone since the movie's would hang for 10 minutes or so and finally they gave up and we went without. 

Arriving at San Francisco was wonderful.  Of course, navigating through the terminal was a pain since I didn't know where I was going but soon I found the baggage claim.  Of course the wrong end and had to walk to the other end but in the end I found a lady to talk with while waiting for my bag and off to find BART.  It wasn't too hard and there was an elevator.  Again there were gals that couldn't read since they didn't speak English well so I helped them buy their tickets to Fremont and in the process I figured out how to get mine.

Bart was very noisy and I couldn't listen to my book.  It always waits a while before starting and then it was quite empty until Montgomery street and then at Embarcadero the world got on.  The next stop was mine.  How was I going to get off?  I was talking with a nice lady, girl to me, and when it was time she just took one of my suitcases and pushed her way through off the train.  I made sure she got back on.  I was so grateful.  I always get these wonderful angels that help me.  Again there was an elevator and I made my way down to Julie.

What a joy to find Julie.  I was glad she drove out of West Oakland and over to Alameda.  We found a great Mexican place and we had a good dinner.  From there I left Julie at her home and I drove up to Vallejo.  It was so good to see Pam and she took me to Shirley's where I was staying until this coming Tuesday.  Shirley is wonderful and I was so glad to get to know her.  What a beautiful lady.  

A great flight Day,

Kathy