Added July, 2004 … A Google Satellite View Shows David Matos & Henry Gurr’s Travel Route => FROM Their Campground, At China Camp State Park, Near Shore Of San Pablo Bay, Near San Rafiel, CA, THRU Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, CA, Along US-101 Over Golden Gate Bridge TO Herbert Hotel, Downtown San Francisco CA.
…China Camp State Park, Is Within One Hour Drive (22 miles) Of San Francisco, CA.

…At Left Is Result Of “Add A Destination” Feature Of Google Maps. This Allows Addition Of As Many Waypoints As Wanted!! And Then Automatically, The Route Is Shown In Blue!!!! Along With Places So Designated !!!!!!
…At Left Is List, Supplied By The User, To Easily and Nicely Create This Travel Route Onto This Google Satellite View.
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…You May Bring Up The ABOVE/\ Satellite View, And Conduct Your OWN ClickDrag Exploration (Plus Zoom In For More Detail). Click Here.
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… For A Satellite View Of The Location Of China Camp State Park, Which Has The Camp Ground, Where We Stayed Overnight, And The Roads To Get There: You May Bring Up A Satellite View, And Conduct Your OWN ClickDrag Exploration (Plus Zoom In For More Detail). Click Here.
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… You May Bring Up A Google Street View Of What David Matos & Henry Gurr Saw, When They Arrived In The Parking Lot, At Their China Camp State Park, Campground, Showing, In The Distance, The Valley Having The Camp Sites. Click Here.
NOTE: This is the valley, that has the walkway that we followed to our campsite and some 20 other Campsites.
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… You May Bring Up A Google Street View Of The Scenery At China Camp State Park, Showing, The Valley Which Has The Park Ranger’s Buildings and Campground, Camp Sites. The buildings are shown in white, East of the Orange Pegman, in the bottom strip map. Click Here.
NOTE: This is the valley, that has the walkway that we followed to our campsite and some 20 other Campsites. This Valley Also Has The Park Ranger’s Buildings and Campground, Camp Sites. The buildings are shown in white, East of the Orange Pegman, in the bottom strip map.
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… Wikipedia Gives Details About California State Park Campground, called China Camp, AND Explains The History Of The Early Chinese Fishing Village On San Pablo Bay. Click Here.

…In /\Above/\ Photo, At Lower Left Is => A View Of The Marin County Civic Center, Designed By World Famous Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, located along U.S. Highway 101 near Santa Venetia. CA,
NOTE: Many Great Photo Views Of This Marin County Civic Center: AFTER Comes Up, Read 5th Small Photo (Satellite View To See Location) THEN Read 6th Small Photo (Starts 12 Photos Of Civic Center). Click Here.
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EXPLANATION:
…Ever Since July 8, 2024, David Matos & Henry Gurr,Have Been Following The ZMM Route From Minneapolis, MN, And Their Experiences Have Been Added To The ZMM Book Four Photo Gallery Albums, Accessible, Click Here.

…The Photos Of THIS Album Show Their Experiences => In San Francisco, CA, And Then On Their Way Home To Aiken SC.
…They Visit Stuter’s Fort In Sacramento, CA, Non-Stop Thru Las Vegas & Lake Mead. Photo Time At Bolder Dam ( ), Plus The REALLY Grand Canyon. & Brief Stop At Meteor Crater:
AND, The Photos Of This Album => .Start With, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, Showing David Matos & Henry Gurr Driving South On US-101, We See Our First Fog, Before Descending to The San Francisco Bay.


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Wednesday, July 24, 2024: … Following US-101 South, We See White! This Is Our First California Coastal Fog!
…As We Drive Up, We Are Near To The Top Of The Last Hill, Before Descending to The San Franciso Bay.
…At Upper Right You Can See, Reflected In The Glass Windshield, Henry Gurr’s Well Worn & Tattered Copy Of The Book Zen and the Art or Motorcycle Maintenance.
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NOTE: Cold California Coastal Fog Is Much Mentioned By ZMM Author Robert Pirsig. And A Great Agony Of His Son Chris.
… The Following Is An Example Of What The ZMM Narrator Says =>
..“…. suddenly …“As we ride I become colder, deep cold. ” eavy fog. Then the temperature drops and I know we’re back at the ocean again”
..…“When the fog lifts we can see the ocean from a high cliff, far out and so blue and so distant.”
…..…“As we ride I become colder, deep cold.” …..

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024: … As We Are Half Way Down To The Level Of San Francisco Bay, We Go Thru A Tunnel.
…You Can See That More Fog Is Ahead!
…At Upper Right You Can Also See, Reflected In The Glass Windshield, Henry Gurr’s Well Worn & Tattered Copy Of The Book Zen and the Art or Motorcycle Maintenance.

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As We Approach The On-Ramp Of The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Can See, Despite The Fog, The Two Giant Red Colored Bridge Support Cables, Angle Up, And Disappear Into The Fog!

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As We Start Onto The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Can See, Despite The Fog, A Much Better View Of The Two Giant Red Colored Bridge Support Cables Angle Up, And Disappear! Into The Fog!
…You Can Also See The Two Giant Concrete Bridge Abutment Blocks, That Secure Immobile, The Ends Of The Cables, Into The Rocks Of The Bay Edge.

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Continuing Along The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Can See, Despite The Fog, A Much Better View Of The Two Giant Red Colored Bridge Support Cables Angle Up, And Disappear!

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Continuing Along The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Can See, Despite The Fog, A Good View Of The Giant Red Colored Bridge Support Pylon Coulmns.

NOTE: A Pylon is the tower or vertical part of a suspension bridge, over which are draped, the giant support cables.

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Continuing Along The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Near The End Of The Bridge, Where We Can See, Despite The Fog,
…A View Of Two More Of The Giant Concrete Bridge Abutment Blocks, That Secure Immobile, The San Francisco City Shore End Of The Two Cables, Into The Rocks Of The Bay Edge.

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Continuing Along The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Near The End Of The Bridge, Where We Can See,
…Despite The Fog, A Zoom-In Cloer View Of Two More Of The Giant Concrete Bridge Abutment Blocks, That Secure Immobile, The San Francisco City Shore Ends Of The Two Cables, Into The Rocks Of The Bay Edge.

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Continuing Along The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, We Near The End Of The Bridge, Where We Can See, Despite The Fog, Another View Of The Two Giant Concrete Bridge Abutment Blocks.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024: … Very Soon After Leaving The Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, Can See, Despite The Fog,
…A View Of One Of The Buildings (Part Of The Exploratorium, Up Thru 2013. Click Here.), Left Over From The In 1915, San Francisco Hosted The World's Fair Called The Panama Pacific International Exposition.
…This vast fair, which covered over 600 acres and stretched along two and a half miles of water front property, highlighted San Francisco’s grandeur and celebrated a great American achievement: the successful completion of the Panama Canal. Nine years earlier, San Francisco experienced a terrible earthquake, declared one of America’s worst national disasters. The city overcame great challenges to rebuild and by the time the Exposition opened in 1915, the city was ready to welcome the world.

…A) Click Here. Many Excellent Photos Show What This 1915 Exposition Looked Like. Click Here.

…B) Wikipedia Has Full Discussion Of This 1915 Words Fair & Exposition. Click Here.

…C) AFTER The B) Above Comes Up, Scroll Down to => “A Panorama Of The Palace Of Fine Arts” To See What My /\Above/\ Photo Originally Looked Like.
NOTE: Click on Panorama, several times to get a larger view.


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Wednesday, July 24, 2024: …Our Goal In Downtown San Francisco, Was Herbert Hotel, And We Thought It Best To Leave US-101, And Go South On Rt-1, Through The Presidio, Here Called Park Presidio Boulevard.
…….The Scenery Is Very Much What Parts Of Residential San Francisco Looks Like...
…And, Although At Ground Level. The Fog Is Not Visible, The Dark Gloomy Sky Is Due To Fog.
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… Wikipedia Has Maps, Many Historical & Current Day Photos. Click Here.
…And Says => The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
…It had been a fortified location since September 17, 1776, when New Spain established the presidio to gain a foothold in Alta California and the San Francisco Bay. It passed to Mexico in 1820, which in turn passed to the United States in 1848.
…As part of a military reduction program under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process from 1988, Congress voted to end the Presidio's status as an active military installation of the U.S. Army. On October 1, 1994, it was transferred to the National Park Service, ending 219 years of military use and beginning its next phase of mixed commercial and public use.
…In 1996, the United States Congress created the Presidio Trust to oversee and manage the interior 80% of the park's lands, with the National Park Service managing the coastal 20%.[9] In a first-of-its-kind structure, Congress mandated that the Presidio Trust make the Presidio financially self-sufficient by 2013. The Presidio achieved the goal in 2005, eight years ahead of the deadline.
…The Presidio is at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and is crossed by the bridge approach road. The park has many wooded areas, hills, and scenic vistas overlooking the Golden Gate itself, the Bridge, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. It was recognized as a California Historical Landmark in 1933 and as a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
… Even More Information & Photos. Click Here.

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Continuing South On Park Presidio Blvd, Rt-1, A Closer View Of The Homes.
…This Is Very Much What Parts Of Residential San Francisco Look Like.
……Again, Plenty Of Soft Pastel Colors!

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Continuing South On Park Presidio Blvd, Rt-1.
…More Of, Very Much What Parts Of Residential San Francisco Look Like, Especially At Left Edge Of Toyota Prius Windshield.
……And Again, Plenty Of Soft Pastel Colors!

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024: … In A Dense Inner-City Neighborhood, David Matos & Henry Gurr Are Driving Northwest, And See In the Distance, The Golden Gate Bridge.
…Are We Trying To Drive To O Farrell Street Near Powell Street, To Meet Charles Pitts, Who Was A Good Friend Of Dennis Gary, Who In Turn, Was Our Major Contributor To ZMMQ WebSite. =>
… To Learn Who Denis Gary Was, Right Click Here, And Ask For New Tab ….. This Will Bring Up => The Robert Dennis Gary Memorial Tribute Page & Biography. Click Here.
….NOTE:…To Learn Who Charles Pitts is => AFTER above Blue Link comes up, 3 each > Do > Top > Edit > Find > Pitts

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Continued Trying To Drive To O-Farrell Street Near Powell, We See In The Distance The Iconic & Landmark, Bank Of America Pyramid Shaped Building.
…You Also See The View Is => Cluttered By The Overhead Electric Power Wires For City Buses.
…Likely We Are Driving North On Leidesdorff Street Near Sacramento Street.

NOTE: The Bank Of America Pyramid Building, because of it’s extreme height, needed extra features In order to resist damage from the ever-present danger of Major Earthquakes! Hence Its Triangular Pyramid Shape. This gives a WIDE BASE for added leverage to resist flip-over. Ditto, for the widely spaced strong bolts, at each corner, that reach deep into bedrock.
…And, narrow at top, reduces the top weight, so as also to reduced flip-over. AND also the Triangular Pyramid Shape, naturally increases needed building strength, against swaying of the building.

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Continued Trying To Drive To O-Farrell Street Near Powell Street, We See This View Of San Francisco’s China Town.

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Continued Trying To Drive To O Farrell Street Near Powell Street, We See This Second View Of San Francisco’s China Town.
…At Upper Left You Can Also See, Reflected In The Glass Windshield, r Henry Gurr’s White Note Paper, And Henry Gurr’s Well Worn & Tattered Copy Of The Book Zen and the Art or Motorcycle Maintenance.

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