Other countries have a lot going for them, but the U.S. just does some things better.

This is my FREE hostel breakfast in San Francisco – bagel with choice of spreads, fruit and eggs made to order. The best breakfast I’ve gotten at any other hostel included a few pieces of stale toast and some cereal.

This will likely be breakfast and lunch for me, as I must navigate a rather scary flight of stairs on crutches just to get down to street level in search of food.

Aaand I tend not to get too hungry anyway since I’m working through a nice bout of bronchitis! (When it rains, it pours, right?)

My dad and bro fly in this afternoon to rescue me and whisk me away for a week in Yosemite. Can’t wait to see my family after more than three months away!!!