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Seeing Oakland
April 16, 2006




First, I wanted to check out the beach on Alameda - supposedly a very nice one.




squirrels in downtown Alameda




fancy architecture









a walk by Lake Merritt









Howdy!




rock climbing




An iris exhibiton...?









"Fair Iris, I love..."




cactii




Olof wrapped around a small palm tree




Banana!









The Bonzai Garden (also by Lake Merritt)














One-legged birds at the "aviary"



















Suddenly, the sky darkens...









Delicious Chinese at Little Shin Shin on Piedmont Ave




Next up, the Columbarium, further up on Piedmont.




a huge library of people's ashes



















Space Shuttle memorial









me




A trip up the hill...




...to the dinosaur exhibit at The Lawrence Hall of Science!




Back home...and the sky starts dripping.
Sturdy Swedes, we head out for a walk up the hill.




misty




Tarzan




The clouds are moving back though...the sunshine is closing in on us.




The sun is better after rain.














Heading back down as the sun is setting...

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