JUST AS I GOING ON ABOUT RELYING ON ONE CAMERA AFTER BOB'S MACHINE BIT THE DUST-WHEN,YOU GUESSED IT-MINE BECAME OUT OF USE-IN FACT IT BECAME 'OUT OF VIEW'-YES,YOU GUESSED IT...'I LOST MY CAMERA IN SAN FRANCISCO'..SO WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO, I MAY HAVE TO DEPEND ON LIBRARY PHOTOS BY SELECTED PEOPLE(FAR INFERIOR TO THE REAL THING OF COURSE).OR MAYBE EVEN HAVE TO RESORT TO LOOKING UP POSTCARDS ON THE NET(426)..OH WELL,I'M STILL BREATHING,SO ON WE GO,LAST DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS SPENT MAINLY IN CHINATOWN,LOOKING IN ALL THE CURIOUSITY SHOPS AND CLOTHES SHOPS TOO-(YES,CLOTHES SHOPS-EVEN BOUGHT MYSELF A JACKET IN CASE IT RAINS)..YES ,YOU GUESSED RIGHT AGAIN,IT LASHED IT DOWN ON THE WAY BACK TO THE HOTEL,SO THAT WAS ONE GOOD MOVE AT LEAST.EARLIER ON I GOT CAUGHT IN DESPERATE NEED OF A TOILET-WHICH IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE IN THE CITY CENTRE,DASHED IN TO THE BIG SHOPPING COMPLEX AND WAS ADVISED THAT I WOULD FIND A 'REST ROOM' NEXT DOOR TO 'BLOOMINGDALES'..GREAT-RELIEF SOON TURNED TO DESPAIR AS I REALISED THERE WAS AROUND EIGHT OR NINE LEVELS TO THE PLACE AND 'BLOOMINGDALES' WERE PRESENT ON VIRTUALLY EVERY FLOOR.!!! SO WITH ONE THING OR ANOTHER,THE LAST DAY IN 'FRISCO WAS EVENTFUL TO SAY THE LEAST.OFF NORTH NOW,UP HIGHWAY ONE-THE COAST ROAD THAT WAS PLANNED EARLIER ON,IV'E TIED A KNOT IN EVERYTHING,SO HOPEFULLY NO MISHAPS FOR A WHILE...