Yesterday we woke early to make it to Little Farm in Tilden Park (https://www.ebparks.org/parks/tna/default.htm).
Clover (and @susanmagnolia and I) got to feed farm animals celery and lettuce.
We then joined other families in our homeschooling program on a short hike to Jewel Lake and back; the lake was mostly non-existent, due to droughts.
Something I hadn’t known before: when the red barn was built at Little Farm, it was constructed by carpentry students at Berkeley High School. There is a neat picture of them building it:
Of course my favorite picture on that information board is the one with the park folk showing an animal to children…
You have to zoom in, but there’s someone relaxing on the fence in the background, and it just makes the whole picture look absurd. 
Since we were already in Berkeley, and I need hiking shoes (Hiking shoes) we decided to stop by in REI and I got a pair of shoes from a brand called Topo:
They are very comfortable, and I’m looking forward to taking them to the redwoods. 
Finally, did you know there are places in SF Bay (the water of the estuary) where, um, anchorage of explosives happen?!
This according to a map I was browsing:
The more you know…