I had a pretty good weekend. Played some basketball on Saturday, then went for a burrito with Mary. After that we went to Don Edwards S. F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge looking for hawks. We saw a few red-tailed hawks, a couple American kestrels and a couple northern harriers. We ended up having dinner at Fresh Choice.

On Sunday, we went sailing on the San Francisco Bay. My friend Matthieu has a boat docked in the Brisbane Marina, just south of San Francisco. We met in Sunnyvale to buy some last minute groceries at Trader Joe’s, then drove up to Brisbane. There were 5 of us in all, Matthieu, Ashish, Mary, Peter (Mary’s brother) and myself. We left the marina around 1 PM. It was a nice day, and we enjoyed some lunch as we motored up the Bay toward San Francisco.

We started sailing when the wind picked up, around Hunter’s Point. The wind died down again as we passed under the Bay Bridge, then picked up as we reached the open area north of the bridge. We sailed past Alcatraz as the fog started rolling in. We turned around as we neared the Marin County side of the bay. The Golden Gate was quickly covered with fog. On our way back, we were engulfed in fog until we got close to the city. Once we broke through the fog, it was clear sailing back to the marina. Mary, Peter and I had dinner at Max’s Opera Cafe near the S. F. Airport, then called it a night. For more pictures of the sailing trip, click here.