We walked and walked, looking for the Metro entrance--this is not it!
(We found it, just a few blocks farther on). Despite some inconvenience, Crystal City [near National Airport] is a handy and less expensive alternative to staying overnight in downtown Washington. There is (fairly!) easy connection by Metro to all the downtown museums and attractions.
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EXPLORE-d! at sunset.
cyclotron.lbl.gov/
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Emeryville Waterfront trail.
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The Bay Area is having a heat wave. . . . with no rain in sight.
This is bad news for the water supply. . . . . .
The courtyard at Clark Kerr Campus, UC Berkeley. Built originally as the state residential school for the blind and deaf; those facilities are now relocated and the university has taken over this campus for dormitory and meeting space. The grounds are very attractive and it is a pleasant walk destination.
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Now a neighborhood museum/history center, celebrating the many ethnic communities that live in the vicinity of Fruitvale Avenue in Oakland. The property has a fascinating history as the adobe home of Antonio Peralta, a son of the original Spanish-Mexican land grant holder of the area that has become Oakland. This was his second house. Here are some highlights of the story:
1840--Antonio Peralta builds a large adobe home. He also builds a tall adobe wall enclosing approximately 2½ acres around his garden and a number of one-story lean-to houses along the inside of the wall to accommodate visitors and laborers.
1870--Antonio Peralta builds Italianate Victorian farmhouse, which is the house we see here (much restored).
It was saved from demolition and turned into a history center and interpretive landscape.
www.peraltahacienda.org/pages/main.php?pageid=1&pagec...
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