Posted on 01/10/2018 5:33:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
If you ever fly into SFO, take note of the big open space on the other side of the Bayshore freeway.
All that land is now a protected area for a garter snake, and can never be developed.
When I was young and less unattractive I dated a chick whose house sorta abutted the area on the far side, by the tracks. She was a real blonde. I saw her naked, I can attest to her real blondness.
This thread just reminded me of that.
Oh, and nice humblebrag.
The humblebrag: It was really the high point of my life. She was young and a little chubby, which at the time was relevant to my interests. Nothing before or after has equaled it, except of course my loving wife of many years.
I reference the area directly across the 101 (”Bayshore”) freeway from the airport. Bart goes over it now. When you take the train to the rental car place from the airport you can look down on it. It is to the west of the airport. It appears marshy.
It is part of the City of San Bruno and might abut Millbrae at the southern tip.
I just Binged it. The southern end is bordered by Madrone St. Northern end bordered by Lions Park.
Okay, I know where you are talking about. I don’t know how big it is, but not very. Did she have planes flying over her house all the time?
By the way, it’s all very literary. She lives in a house next to an untamed yard filled with snakes. And the airport.
I can’t stand snakes, but if I lived close by, I’d offer to foster it so it could take care of the mice we can’t seem to keep out, and are apparently too smart to trap.
Thanks...for sharing?
:D
So?
No Planes. The incoming flight path went past Foster City, over the bay. Outgoing went mostly over the bay or San Bruno Mountain, IIRC.
She did however have trains going past her house regularly, which her family did not seem to notice.
For a while I lived on Hillsdale Blvd. right at the train tracks, sorta near Bay Meadows, and I absolutely noticed it!
It’s odd what sparks a memory.
I worked at the Starbucks in Millbrae at the time and was acquainted with a cop, Dave Chetcuti, who was murdered right near there on the side of the freeway.
I think about him whenever I go back to visit family and pass the spot.
I prefer to think about my naked ex-girlfriend.
Honestly, I’d probably rather think about that, too.
:’(
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