SFO recap

Uneventful trip to SFO on tues/wed.  Don't get me wrong -I do like it that way.  We did take a more northerly route over southern Canada to stay out of the jetstream and related turbulence.  We also  shot an approach into SFO because the weather was overcast at 600'.  This slowed the arrival rate into the airport and caused some delay vectoring for proper spacing.  When weather is at least 5 miles and 3000' ceilings it allows for visual approaches to be conducted and reduces spacing between aircraft  (usually from 5 miles to 3 miles) almost  doubling the number of airplanes ATC can accept.  It was a very nice touchdown, but it was immediately replaced by all sorts of bumps and shuddering. (SFO runway 28 right is very uneven and full of dips-so no matter how good the landing it's always negated).  Layover was great.  Nice weather and we stayed downtown so what's not to like.  The return leg was mine to fly and a standard departure.  We took off on runway 1 R  which departs over the water (bay) towards Oakland.  This does require a minimum climb gradient( six mile radius around SFO) above 3000'  so you don't go blasting through Oaklands airspace.  When heavy, which is almost always out of SFO, you usually make it by a couple hundred feet.  We made good time to Newark and although the weather was clear and winds under 10 knots, we were vectored all over NJ  before we landed.  Headed to St. Thomas on Sunday so we'll see what fun that offers up.......