STREETCAR MIKE'S MYSTERY TRIPS
SAN FRANCISCO
PRIDE LASERS AND OWL COACHES
on JUNE 29-30, 2025

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The annual Pride Parade was held earlier in the day. Over the weekend Illuminate was running its annual laser light show four miles up Market Street from Embarcadero Plaza across from the Ferry Building. This year Marco Cochrane's R-Evolution statue joined the lighting with a separate laser cluster pointing right at the woman. Everything was staged off a Mercedes Sprinter cargo van. There were many visitors, and a lounge area was set up to watch the lights go up Market. There was a smoke generator that, while it had interesting effects on the lights, was not satisfactorily photographed. I'll admit that these are not the best photos, but I still offer them for the world to enjoy. Occasional buses passed by, and I got some of them in the lasers.

When I felt I was finished, I reentered Muni Metro for an M Ocean View train back to my car at Stonestown Galleria. Since the hour was late enough, it was easy enough to wait for owl coaches at various locations. I started with 91 Third St./19th Ave. Owl clockwise heading out the latter thoroughfare at Ocean Ave. Next I drove to Van Ness Ave. and got photos of the 90 San Bruno Owl southbound. Parked at a couple of spots in downtown SF to get the AC Transit 800 and SamTrans 397. Was able to capture L Taraval Owl, the F Market Streetcar overnight route, with some of the laser lights.

Nikon D5600 and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G cameras yielded 137 photos.