Nixon, recently nominated for the vice-presidency, had visited Eisenhower at a fishing camp in Colorado. There was Ike in his fishing gear, glowing and looking very much at home; and there was Nixon, who had shown up without any informal clothes, looking absurdly stiff in jacket, suit, and tie. The curriculum vitae for success had never included a list of items to wear for fishing photo opportunities. Years later when he was President, there was a comparable photo of him self-consciously walking on the beach at San Clemente, much as Kennedy had done at Hyannisport—Kennedy had walked barefoot,
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