Pomo dancer mural, Sacramento

I guess this is the time of year when I usually start looking forward to August — when I spend a week in San Francisco, using public transportation to get around and exploring various parts of the city. Part of the fun is photographing some of the views from my window seat on the Amtrak California Corridor train.

Historic Sacramento railyard

Broderick Roadhouse, West Sacramento

Blurry egrets. Suisun marsh

Suisun Bay

Carquinez Straits bridge

Empire State is an American oil/chemical tanker with a length of 183 meters, built in 2010.

Wall mural, Hotel Mayflower

The California Street cable cars as they pass through part of Chinatown on their way down to Market Street and up to Nob Hill. The upturned roof of a Chinese pagoda is the clock tower of old St. Mary’s Church build [sic] in the 1850s

Connecting with the lobby and running through to the rear of the building is a commodious banquet and dance room where guests may entertain large groups of friends. Two fast-moving elevators running from the garage in the basement to the top floors afford service to the guests. They are of the automatic type and were furnished and installed by the Pacific Elevator and Equipment Company. Each of the 102 guest rooms have exterior exposures and each contains bath and shower — 1929 news clipping

The Hotel Mayflower has been owned/operated by the same family since opening in 1929