San Francisco is My Home

25
Oct

Pelicans

Author: kris, Category: Landmarks, Nature

I love Ocean Beach, but when you want more private, contemplative beach experience it’s all about China Beach. Located next to the stately Seacliff mansions, the beach is a tiny patch of sand and rock facing the Golden Gate Bridge and foggy hills of Marin.

I had lunch at China Beach with my dad today, taking advantage of the recent heatwave to get some facetime with the ocean. Naturally, this meant that the heatwave cooled off today, but it was still totally acceptable weather for an SF beach: cool, breezy, with patches of sun and roaming fog banks. We sat in our deck chairs and ate deli sandwiches and watched the container ships gliding back and forth.
“I was so disappointed when I first got to the city and saw the Golden Gate bridge,” my dad said. “I thought it would be golden.” We both contemplated the reddish bridge for a while, munching our sandwiches.

“They could at least paint it more of an orangey-red,” I said finally. “Then again, that would be a pretty massive rebranding project.”

“Pelicans,” my dad agreed. And then we watched some pelicans for a while.