Maureen Souza wrote:
After leaving Dante, a bunch of us drove down into San Fran (35 minutes south) and walked around, visited the sea lions and had drinks and a light dinner out over looking the water. We'd love to do it again with as many of you as possible.
I went back there the next day and also spent some time in the tourist trap souvenir shops across the street. Every third shop is a camera store, and what an incredible selection of junk they all have! One had a Rebel X in the window with a big yellow starburst sign on it that read "Latest Model!" I think that was supposed to say "This is the latest model we carry in this store". 
Another store had a big white lens in the window, so of course I had to check that out. According to the text on the lens barrel, it was an EOS mount Kalimar 800-1200mm f/9.9-14.9. (What's up with those aperture values?) I was laughing too much to ask how much they wanted for it...
Anyway, I'm home now. I just got in a little less than two hours ago. The pictures from the trip have been copied to four separate hard drives, so now it's time to get to work on 'em!