After leaving the Golden Gate National Cemetery, we just decided to drive around and review some of the sights we have seen during past visits.  We drove down Skyline Blvd (CA Route 35) to La Honda Road, then down the ridge to the Portola Valley, Stanford and Palo Alto.  We then drove back up onto the ridge via Page Mill Road and returned north along Skyline Blvd, back to where we started, more or less 🙂 [sc:clickview ]

Panorama of the San Francisco Bay Area, from South San Francisco to nearly San Jose.  Taken from the Scenic Viewpoint on Skyline Blvd (CA Route 35) just north of the Page Mill Road intersection.
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After breakfast at the Embassy Suites in South San Francisco, we headed out for a day of exploring, and our first stop was to check out the Golden Gate National Cemetery.  On the previous seven trips through San Francisco on our way to and from Hawaii, we never got into the cemetery, as we never thought about it until we were in the area for dinner, and the gates were closed.  This time, we made the special effort to get there early. [sc:clickview]

Panorama of the Northern to Eastern Section of the Golden Gate National Cemetery

Panorama of the Eastern to Southeastern Section of the Golden Gate National Cemetery

For more information on the Golden Gate National Cemetery, click on the link below:
http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/goldengate.asp