San Francisco is a great city. The people are friendly (if a bit strange at times), the scenery is great, the food choices are outstanding and who doesn't like listening to the roar of the waves crashing on the beach. We were able to spend today just wandering down the coast highway after taking care of the business side of RVing (dumping tanks, shopping for groceries and the like). Breakfast (well lunch) was at a great little British Pub we found in Pacifica. Called the Camelot, the shop was opened in the late 60's by a couple from England and they have been serving great fish and chips ever since. Well I can't testify that they have been great all along, but I can say with no lack of certainty that they are great today. I have had the opportunity to sample many a fish and chips in London and the product being served at Camelot is better than most anything served back in the Jolly Old. Combined with a large selection of draft beer including Guiness, Bass, Smithwicks and Shocktop, as well as a good selection of Ciders I find myself trying to find a time to fit a return visit in before we have to leave this coast.
Well enough about Breakfast (lunch, must remember to say lunch if I had a beer with my meal). We then went for a drive on the coast and found some great places to pull over and enjoy the view as well as to relax and listen to the sounds on the shore. We did however find a couple of odd sights.
The first odd sight was Jurustic park. This was a large group of rust colored dinosaurs that were made from scrap metal. The tallest of them was about a 13' tall T-Rex and he (or she) was surrounded by a good dozen of his friends and meals, ah prey - um well other dinosaurs in any event. At this same location we were able to spot a carving of a Bear. Now this was not just any Bear. This 6' + tall Bear had a football and a cat that ate the "canary" grin. In this case the Canary must have been a Green Bay player, because the remains of the meal, in this case the helmet, was sitting at our satisfied Bear's feet. Now anyone who has walked through the tunnel from Soldier field towards the Walden deck and South lot areas knows that no matter who the Bears have played, there is always a rousing chant of "Green Bay Sucks" that breaks out. Apparently that spirt has come all the way west with us because in California, just off the coast road Green Bay's popularity is just as in evidence.
Tonight we went to Scoma's. This is a restaurant on the waterfront that serves the best, in my opinion, Cioppino in the area. The food was great and the service wonderful as well. If you are ever in the area I would give Scoma's my hearty recommendation as a good place for some seafood. Now getting there is another story.
At 10:00 on a Friday night the traffic in San Fran is bumper to bumper. We are going slower than a person can walk. I know this because I was passed repeatedly by a young lady walking along in flip flops. During the course of the mile and a half we drove, she walked and the last I saw of her was her turning onto another street about a block in front of us. But all was good because we got to enjoy the very active night scene as we crawled along. We also got to give a hard time to a Packer's fan we saw at one street corner. Somehow he seemed surprised by the Coach chanting Green Bay Sucks out the car window. Well serves him right for wearing a Green Bay jacket. Between that encounter and a couple of more rude and rowdy, but good natured, exchanges with some 49er fans we ended the night on a positive and enjoyable note.
Now if the Bears can only live up to all the promises we made in their name. Well tomorrow is another day and I hear Napa calling so I will be signing off today.
GREEN BAY SUCKS!
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