muir woods

for a while, i have wanted to make this trip across the Golden Gate Bridge to the redwood filled Muir Woods. Today seemed to be the right day. I had my plan, get some food & cash at Trader Joe's, take the streetcar downtown, catch a bus that would take me over the bridge to Marin City and then take the shuttle to Muir Woods. oi. the whole venture to get there estimated at one & a half to two hours. so i'm eating my breakfast, talkin with my roomate and find out that her friend was leaving for Marin City from our house in just a few minutes and going to the exact location I needed to catch the shuttle to Marin. Awesome! Who would've thought...

He drops me off and I go into a drug store so I can get the food and cash for the bus fare, entrance fees etc. I gather all my little snacks and walk confidently to the register. And then my steps start slowing as I realize I have left my bank card and ID & cash all at home! They never made the transfer to my backpack. I'm in shock. did everything work out so perfectly just to have it end now? So put all the food back and leave.

My roomate doesn't answer her phone and I didn't know where her friend worked, so i start walking around the area, hoping i would see his car. i stop and check my bag one last time, hmm, I did have my checkbook, but no ID, didn't think it would work but it was worth a shot.
The manager was hesitate, I had absolutely nothing else in my bag with my name on it to help verify my id! It looked like such a scam. In the end, he was gracious, perhaps me being female and looking so forlorn had something to do with it and let me write a check for $10 over my purchase.

I walk to the bus stop and soon see my roomates friend waving from across the street in front of his office. I go tell him my little tale and wait until the shuttle arrives. And off I go!

Oh yes, and Muir Woods was beautiful! I went on a more challeging trail off the beaten path hoping for some good alone time in the woods with me, my camera, and the One who made the whole thing work out despite my stupidity.

pictures at a later day...