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We had an appointment at 7:45 to have my 20k mile service done on the Camry. The appointment didn't keep us from sitting in the waiting room until about 10:00 but the maintenance had to be done. 

Afterwards, we headed over to the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Homefront museum. This is located across the bay in Richmond and it was really cool to visit a place honoring the women who went to work for WWII. They had two Rosie's, women who worked there during the war, as speakers and I enjoyed hearing them talk about their experience. I hope when I'm 90+ I have their zeal. It was quite emotional for me as the first phase of our trip was ending. I have loved having Lorelei as a travel partner and I will miss it being the two of us and the little bubble we have created. 

We spent a couple hours there and then headed backwards inland to the Eugene ONeill house in Danville. I don't ever remember hearing of him but learned that he was essentially the modern day Shakespeare of America. He was an interesting man and now I have new things to read. The other people on the 2:00 tour bailed so we had the ranger all to ourselves and he mostly let us ask questions. Because it was just the three of us, we were done by 3:00 and heading towards Marin County and Muir Woods. 

This was my third time being in Muir Woods and I can't really say what happens to me in those woods. My emotions became raw and I felt incredibly grateful to be among those giants. I have that same reaction every time I walk there and I know it's not true but I hear the trees speaking and my heart is lightened. We walked to the end and then took the higher trail back to the visitor center, stopping as it pleased us for Lorelei to identify trees and me to marvel at them. 

We left Muir about 7:30 and headed across the Golden Gate Bridge to pick up Scott and Luke at the airport. Luke and Lorelei were really happy to see each other. An hours drive from the airport and we stopped for the night in Morgan Hill. Its quite an adjustment to be back with the four of us but we are having good laughs.