6 June 08

Escape to Alcatraz

Tomorrow we’ll be going to Alcatraz Island. I think the last time I was there I was four; I got my picture in the paper. There were still inmates, then. (My mother tells me that was San Quentin. I have never been to Alcatraz before.)

We’ll be participating in PRBO’s International Migratory Bird Day Festivities. But it’s also International Drawing Day, so I’m hoping to get some sketches of gulls and other nesting seabirds while we’re on the island…

Posted by at 11:14 PM in Nature and Place | Link |

  1. I’m fascinated to know whether your mother reads your blog or you consulted with her by another means. Either way, sounds a wonderful event :-)


    — rr    7. June 2008, 14:32    Link

  2. rr, she doesn’t read the blog, despite numerous invitations (“I have too much to do to read about all that”). It was on the phone; I asked her…


    — Pica    7. June 2008, 22:49    Link

  3. How’d you like the gardens?


    — Ron Sullivan    8. June 2008, 00:03    Link

  4. Oh poop! I missed International Drawing Day. :( Never did get time to do any art on Saturday.

    I’d love to see what you managed to sketch on the island.

    We decided to skip the Alcatraz tour while in San Fran back in the spring although we would have liked to bird there.


    — Teresa    8. June 2008, 19:56    Link

  5. Perhaps in a future blog post you’ll share that great story about the 5-year-old girl you chatted with at the bird festivities… :)


    — Chris    9. June 2008, 15:25    Link

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