Last Weekend

Ben's internship ends August 1, but next weekend we'll be at a wedding in Ann Arbor (woohoo!) so this is our last weekend in the city. Last night we met our friend in Oakland after work for a sunset hike through Redwood Regional Park, which was lovely.

It's hard to take a picture with a sunset in the background.

It's only about 20 minutes to reach the top, but it's basically straight uphill to get there - we were panting and sweaty by the time we reached the summit, but the view was worth it.

View from the top.

From there it's another hour, but it's gently downhill and through the redwoods. It was crazy how efficiently they blocked out the light - it was dimming by the time we got there, but in the redwoods it looked like night.

Not a great picture, but you get an idea of how dark it was in the trees.

After the hike we went to Oakland's Korea Town, where we gorged on kimchi and deliciously spicy meat of many varieties to compensate for all the walking we had just done.

This picture does not convey the fact that this was actively bubbling when it came out. Yum!

Today we hosted a going away barbecue in our shared backyard, so we could have one more chance to see all our Bay Area friends.

Friends!

People brought all kinds of delicious baked goods and California produce and beverages, and best of all there was a baby and a dog:

A baby! And a dog!

 It's hard to believe it's already time for us to go, since it still feels like we just got here. But we were very happy to have one last hurrah with everyone, and to smother our sorrow over departing with food.

The face I'm making about this pie conveys my feelings about this summer.

Tomorrow we'll mostly be cleaning and doing laundry and other moving-out errands, but hopefully we'll make a couple hours to do a few last San Francisco fun things on our last non-working day in the city.