Aerial view of the San Francisco RV Resort, a glorified parking lot wedged between the 101 freeway and the ocean.

View showing the unexpectedly steep plunge down to the coast from Skyline Drive.

Our semi-premium space overlooked the Pacific.

Guess this is about as far west as the satellite dish needs to work, eh?

The RV park is perched atop these brown cliffs.

Waves crash onto the small beach below the park.

My office window had a nice view of the ocean.

Pacifica Pier.

One of a series of interesting sunsets over the ocean during our weeklong stay.

Shiny water sunset.

Fiery orange sunset.

Jet enhanced sunset.

Fenced-in sunset.

Mellow sunset.

Picnic sunset.

Strolling sunset.

The place got crowded over Thanksgiving weekend.

Even actor Sam Elliott showed up (not really).

Dog next door found a nice way to keep toasty.

Rib Shack: The best BBQ about $13 in loose change can buy.

There's a chilly guy swimming out there.

The Bay Bridge in action.

"Look at me, I'm riding a camel in San Francisco!"

Coit Tower and its shadowy buddy.

Escape this is you can.

The sunny side of Coit Tower.

Debbie studies a map on the pay-per-loo.

Golden Gate Bridge rises through the haze.

Pretty steep place to park a bus.

I bet there's something good to eat in there somewhere.

We happened to stumble into the oldest bakery in Chinatown. Wonder if this guy knew before he came in.

Clinton, wolfing down a Famous Genuine Lotus Paste Mooncake.

Debbie, wolfing down a plain old lotus paste bun.

One of San Francisco's most recognizable modes of transport.

This dude could really drive!

"Plunge, cable car!"

These streets are crazy steep.

Debbie approaches the Cable Car Museum, also the fully functional powerhouse and storage facility for the entire system.

Giant pulleys drive the miles and miles of cable from here.

One of several classic cable cars.

Man's best friend, unimpressed by man's best bridge.

Crissy Field, on windy days, a world-famous spot for wild windsurfing conditions.

Part of an ongoing reconstuction of the bridge.

I took a picture of an aircraft carrier just like this about 15 years earlier.

Lone rowboat dwarfed by downtown across the bay.

We had hoped to skate across, but were rudely denied.

Disc riding kid at Stinson Beach.

Long-tailed kite soars over Stinson.

Something else soaring over Stinson this time, a paraglider.

Muir Beach.

View south toward town from the lookout above Muir Beach. The enormous antenna tower is atop Twin Peaks, where we'll go later.

Finally found a path we're not banned from skating on, in Tiburon.

Debbie checks for cops.

Carey poses with the Golden Gate beyond.

Debbie strikes a pose also.

The streets were pretty deserted on Thanksgiving, making for some nice exploring on skates.

Big time termite problem in this house. Had to cover it in a bubble and totally nuke it apparently.

The big city seen from the little city of Tiburon.

Nice colorful waterfront assortment of homes.

Thousands of birds in a line.

More colorful architecture.

The day-after-Thanksgiving throngs.

Pointy.

Kiteboarders in action.

Some pretty intense waves to ride.

Getting airborne.

Half Moon Bay.

One guy was windsurfing on the smooth water.

We were looking for Mavericks, one of the biggest surfing waves in the world. Looks like we're getting close.

Yep, that sounds right.

Hmmm, Mavericks would be out there about a half mile, if the season were right. Doesn't look like much today though.

The windsurfing launch known as "3rd Avenue" in San Mateo. Watch for golf balls???

Carpet rigging area, how deluxe.

Fairly picturesque place to sail, I guess.

Up the bay a bit is another popular launch, Coyote Point.

There goes somebody! Looks like we would enjoy sailing here.

The next day, we returned to Coyote Point with our gear.

But the conditions were wild today, so we decided to just watch other folks battle.

This is just across from the airport, which is right on the water, making for some weird juxtapositions.

"Da plane!"

Back to Half Moon Bay--no wind, but a weird little rogue wave.

We made it up to the Twin Peaks overlook for sunset.

It was amazingly COLD up here!

Awesome views of the city.

The Golden Gate as the sun sets.

San Francisco architecture.

Market Street and the rest of downtown light up.

Darkness falls over the Golden Gate.

Artsy shot of the shoe car with the giant TV tower.

Full moon rising over the bay.

Moon over San Francisco.