Well – tonight is our last in San Francisco ! What a great 3 days we have had here, in what was once called the hippy capital of the world. If you can remember Scott McKenzie, then I guess you must be in the silver surfer age group. Tourism is the biggest industry in San Francisco, the place just buzzes with life – no sign of a recession, though one or two shops have closed down, but these have quickly reopened by new businesses eager to make a name for themselves. That is one of the great things about the American way of free enterprise – it encourages all to strive for success. When these people get knocked down, they quickly bounce back again. On the down side of this are all the beggars on the streets. There seems to be one on every corner – sad casualties of the free enterprise system. They make our few beggars look positively affluent. This system has even gifted the beggars here with a whole host of ingenious and entertaining ways of extracting your spare change.

 

I wonder if, just as I have found this place to be so wonderfully vibrant and refreshingly different, do American visitors to Loch Ness find us at Loch Ness refreshingly different ?  I hope so. We have so much in common with our American friends, both historically and culturally, and I, for one, am very happy that we have this special relationship with the people of the USA.

 

I look forward now to the next leg of our journey to Australia from where I will be posting next week’s blog. We leave San Francisco having found no monsters, just a big friendly giant!! 

 

100 things to do at Loch Ness 61 to 70

 

Just have to say I like the new page Trail of the Seven Lochs

 

61  Stay up late and watch for badgers

62  Enjoy a dram at Fiddlers, award winning malt whisky bar

63  Walk the round trip from Inverfarigaig to Foyers

64  Go and watch the dolphins at Chanonry Point

65  Sit down by the shore and enjoy a sunset over Loch Ness

66  After a long walk enjoy a drink in the relaxed ambience of the Bog Cotton Café, Cannich

67  Stare up at the tallest tree in the UK in Reelig Glen

68  Hit the bulls eye with some archery, Boots ‘n’ Paddles

69  Count the different coloured dragonflies and damsel flies at Dog Falls

70 Find the memorial to Lady Jane Fraser on the shores of Loch Ness near Foyers

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