Just going to put up some pictures from our visit to these exquisite miticulously kept gardens at the former residence and tomb of the founder of the Bhaia faith.

We had an interesting conversation with a security gaurd there. Very friendly, and a Druze, who gave us some insight into who and what the Druze ethnic / religious group is. To demestrate how the internet and “fake News” is pervasive, the end of this conversation was him showing us a youtube about some body supposedly scraping DNA off the shroud of Turin which proved Jesues was a Druze. OK yea sure that’s gotta be true. Any how nice gardens

Travis & I drove up the coast to the town on the North end of the Bay, Hiafia sits at the south end .

Out on the point of land is several square kilometers of “old town” Narrow winding alley ways Ok for motor bikes not so much cars,

There was also a large stone building, used by the British during it’s post WW1 “Mandate” as a prison for Jewish Underground Zionist fighters. Some interesting “wall Art” in the old city. At the prison the call to prayer came from the Mosque in the old town.

A sunn day in San Francisco I walked an hour & 1/2 from Travis’s at Twin Peaks down to the park

With the wonders of cell phones I met up with Peter in the really large crowd and we bounced from several different music stages to hear some great bluegrass music and Mavis Staples and Alison Krauss and others A great culture shot before heading to Texas and the Beto Campagain.

My travels to Texas, work on Beto GOTV (get out the vote) are done in the WhatsApp Benz travel log so not going over that I’m going to try to post via this wordpress Shawn’s.travel.updates

Iv’e got a bluetooth keyboard for the Nexus 6P and now using the wordpress app I hope to make this a semi-real blog..

That’s my Finnair crew coming down to the SFO gate departing for Helsinki/Tel Aviv. Last night, 17 hours travel time not counting train north to Haifia. Now 22:45 in Hiafia but my body thinks its just after noon. Still best go to bed going to see Cursader castles in Acre manyana.

hope I can make this a sorta real blog.

Spending a few days with brother Kip at his place in Chico helping out a bit with  dump runs and steel recycle . Catching up on what’s been happening over the last few years

 

Kip has his airplane stashed in the hanger and he’s moved on to building a boat

Tomorrow on to visit Peter in Sabastapol

Kip has moved on his DIY airplane is tucked into the hanger. Now he is gone on to building a boat.

Hopefully I can figure out how to attach some pictures of this boat and airplane

On to a visit with Peter tomorrow in Sebastopol California

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton