City Walks SF #19: The Presidio

Today we took a lovely stroll through The Presidio. I love how in this view, it seems like the open space goes on forever. Aside from the eucalyptus and cypress trees (and pretty much everything else), the rolling forested hills, brick buildings with green lawns (of which we seem to not have taken a picture), and warm humidity totally reminded me of Ohio.



Lover's Lane is a trail dating back to 1776, next to this eucalyptus grove, on which Spanish soldiers walked to visit their families in Mission Dolores.



Southern-style buildings.



The San Francisco National Military Cemetery, the only burial ground of size within city limits. We spent much time here doing a favor for Matt's mom - finding graves of soldiers who were moved from Camp Lowell in AZ. Apparently they left some body parts behind and the DAR would like to reunite them.



And a cute little pet cemetery with hand-made, child-written signs about cats, dogs, goldfish, hamsters, and more.



I definitely want to go spend some more time in the Presidio. I love how San Francisco can be so cosmopolitan but also harbors great little (and big) open spaces throughout.