Thursday, June 11, 2009

Arrival and first day in San Francisco

I got into San Fran yesterday evening and got our lodging around 6. We're staying in a dorm at Univ of San Francisco. We just had an introductory meeting and then dinner before I assembled my bike and called it quits.

Today we started with a skills assessment to determine bike control among other things. Then we went to the Golden Gate Bridge to take a team picture. The bridge was stunning both in size and beauty.

After a quick lunch we went to the Janet Pomeroy Center for our first friendship visit. We played basketball with the folks there, which was awesome. Plus an impromptu dance broke out at halftime. Then afterwards we participated in their singing and acting class, it was hilarious. Then while waiting for dinner we were regaled with more songs from one of their folks. In all it was an amazing experience.

Also two minor items : first I've been having trouble unloading photos to Flickr, but may have fixed it today; and second I realized I had turned off comments on this blog but will change that going forward.