2014 The Journey Contines

It is time once again for the Bears to venture out and battle to reestablish their reputation as the Monsters of the Midway.  While the opening salvo with the Bills did not quite turn out as we all could have hoped, Sunday is another day and we can look forward to their beating up on the 49ers.  

The Coach and I have loaded up the RV and set sail for San Francisco.   It is just over 2100 miles and we made the trip in just 3 days of driving.  After leaving Monday late afternoon we drove each day as long as we felt comfortable and stopped when we got tired.   Come Thursday late afternoon we arrived at our campground.  Total elapsed time 73 hours.  

So we have a couple of days to bum around San Fran.   We will go to a couple of our favorite restaurants,  wander the wharf,  head up to Napa and see the sights, and maybe taste a bit of wine and generally relax.  Maybe a cable car ride will be in order as well.    Then off to the stadium for the Game on Sunday.

Monday we will pack up and head for the East coast and the Jets game.   We have 7 days to make the trip, but we are shooting to get there in 5 days.   It is about 3000 miles, so it should be possible if traffic and the weather cooperate.  Net trip all told will be about 6000 miles by the time we get back to Chicago for the next home game.   A good start for the season.   We will see part of the country and with luck a couple of Bears wins.   Madden had it right.  RV and Football goes together like Football and Tailgating.  It is just right!

This year we will continue to sample the signature dish for each city or area.  For San Francisco it will be Cioppinno and probably some Sourdough bread.  

One final note and I will close out this opening entry for this year's blog.   On the way here we passed the Donner Pass state park.  It contains a memorial statue to the ill fated Donner party most of who's members died trying to get through to California.  As you may recall they became snowbound in the pass and ended up resorting to cannibalism in order to survive.  Well in some ones brilliant idea of a good marketing ploy you will see a couple of signs advertising the memorial and featured prominently on each of them is an enticement to come and dine at the Donner Monument Restaurant. Seriously people A Restaurant at the memorial to a group of people who embraced Cannibalism.   SO  WRONG!

GO BEARS!  We are so ready for some football!