I actually went to the Mission Distrcit a few times, to get a bicycle, to try various burrito joints, etc. This time I would ride through on the way somewhere else and take a few pictures. Mission District is noticeably warmer than the rest of town, since a coastal mountain known as the Twin Peaks blocks the sea breeze and creates a pleasant microclimate.
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I kind of knew Desiree would not be there at SFSU cause she had the day off that day. I went there and used the internet at their library for a while. Then I rode over the Twin peaks, which probably is the highest elevation in SF. There's a huge, and from what I'm told, unused, radio tower atop the peaks. It's kind of a rich neighborhood up there, even more so than the rest of SF.
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I stopped near the top to grab a few shots overlooking the city...
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I zipped down the other side of the Peaks, toward Market Street and Downtown. Right at the bottom of the hill I noticed my back wheel was fishtailing and that I had a flat tire! Now I had been putting off figuring out a good way to carry my patch kit so I was without one. I was right at the beginning of the Castro though so i thought it wouldn't be much problem finding a bike shop. WRONG! The nearest one was a little over 2 miles away, back in the Mission District. I walked.
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Here is the huge and, so I'm told, unused, radio tower atop Twin Peaks. I like how the fog sometimes obscures the base so that it looks like it's floating on clouds.
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This snailgina was stenciled onto the sidewalk right on the way back to where I left my back-wheel-less bike locked up in Castro.
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