Sunday at Angel Island

Jeezus look at the size of my head!!! It's enormous. It's amazing how we are smiling as we were slowing dying from the exhaust fumes coming from the ferry while waiting for it to leave Angel Island. I can only imagine what the previous "non-green" Ferries were like.

On Sunday Forrest and I headed out to Angel Island to go hiking/running and to take advantage of the fact that Forrest is now liberated from his all weekend work schedule. Overall it wasn't too complicated but we tried and failed on Saturday so it was amazing that we actually made it onto the island.

I was surprised to learn the rather interesting history of the island. It had served as a quarantine facility for smallpox and various other contagious diseases prior to medical advances... then it was an immigration processing facility - mainly for asian immigrants...but unlike Ellis Island, it kept some of its entrants for years before they allowed them into California. After all this, Angel Island served a stint for the military....

Regardless, it was a pretty place to hang out with some good trails - nice enough for a 3 hour hike.