After recovering from Belize the first weekend of the month, it was time to explore some of the wonderful sites of the Bay Area.  Saturday it was off to the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, a short fifteen minute drive or so.  Exploring the Sierra Azul trail, it was mostly shady and fairly steep.  Here are the highlights:

http://www.sanjoseabrams.com/photos/SierraAzul2008/ 

The following day it was up to San Francisco to visit the zoo.  I was hoping there would be an idiot feeding time like there was last month, but no luck.  Still, it was fun visiting my third zoo within a month.  It was one of the clearest days I've seen in SF.  We explored the northern end of the city after the zoo for some good views of the Golden Gate. Here are the highlights:

http://www.sanjoseabrams.com/photos/SFZoo2008/