the new toy was great, I was only able to get a few chops in, but as I said before the res c is better than I expected it to be, cant wait to get a full trip in with it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />. As for Botanical Beach that whole area is nice, right on the marine trail if you want to go for a couple days and can get you all the way down to china beach.