San Francisco--With Tour Guides Abe and Klarissa

We just had the privilege of going to San Francisco once again to see Abe and Klarissa. They always have some interesting things for us to do and they like to take us to new and different places to eat. When we arrived in the city on Friday evening, we hooked up with them at Burger Bar for dinner. It was a much higher class restaurant than the famous Burger Bar in Roy where Glen ate many meals when he was younger. This one actually had tables where you could sit to eat your meal and most tables had a television screen. Just when I thought Glen and I were actually having a vacation with no sporting event involved... We couldn't leave the restaurant until the basketball game ended its third overtime.


Breakfast at Dottie's was first on our list of things to do Saturday morning. In fact, it was such a hot item that we had to get up early to get there so we wouldn't have to wait too long to get in. The faces on each table top were very unique. Good thing we got there when we did because the line of people had grown quite long while we were inside enjoying our food.




Abe had to make a stop at Partnership Capital Growth to do some work and so we got to see his place of employment. He told us of the magnificent view he has up on the higher floor of the building where he works. When we got up there, it appeared that all the windows were frosted, making it impossible to see out at all. Too bad the typical San Francisco fog had settled in over the city that day and we missed the spectacular view of the city from that high vantage point. Something to look forward to on another visit, perhaps??? Glen had fun entertaining himself on some of the health equipment in the office.





Since Abe put the motto "work before play" into effect that day, it caused us to be a little late in getting to the beach where the Mavericks surf competition was being held. We enjoyed our ride down the popular Highway 1 costal route and then found a spot to park. Not being familiar with that area, we didn't quite know where we were going and how far we had to walk to get there. We walked for what seemed like miles and then up a steep incline once we got near the water only to find out we had to go down the other side of the steep spot. Ambulances were sitting there just waiting to be called into service. It appeared it was to help people who were having a hard time getting down the hill (Klarissa--who didn't have the best walking shoes on that day...), but we later learned the waves were so big and had caught some spectators unaware and some people suffered broken bones and other accidents that day. Perhaps Abe's work prevented us from being involved in that commotion.




We didn't see much surfing action, but Abe talked Glen into going up another steep hill where they were able to see a little bit. Glen "tweaked his knee", as he likes to say, on his way down and it was bothering him the rest of the day. We were so happy to find a free bus ride that dropped us off halfway to our car.




We made a stop at an ocean-front hotel and golf resort and walked around there enjoying the beauty of that area. Abe kept Glen company when Glen decided to sit it out at the top of the hill while Klarissa and I walked down the slope to look at the beach area down below.






There's nothing like a run to Costco to load up on groceries for the Sabbath.


We ended our day with a delicious dinner at Fresco's where Glen chose a lamb entre for his meal.