Travels: Santa Cruz, CA to Red Bluff, CA – 317 miles (622 total miles) Accommodations: Wal-Mart
We had a nice breakfast, took a walk down the boardwalk and pier with Kenz on scooter, sick Mason in the stroller (he woke up with a 102 degree fever) and Marin running and being carried. We saw fish being caught, dolphins, seals, and an otter.
Before leaving Santa Cruz, we found a local Farmer’s Market for some fresh cherries and white peaches. After loading up, we headed down Hwy 1 to enjoy the beautiful NorCal coast as we approached San Francisco. The coast was beautiful – wildflowers galore, groves of eucalyptus, rocky coastline, cypress lining the highway with branches pointing the way, steep cliffs jutting into the Pacific, beaches with bundled visitors (still haven’t wrapped my head around the purpose in going to the beach all bundled up??), farms with rich, chocolate brown soil, fruit stands, Pigeon Point lighthouse, Half Moon Bay! We decided to cross the Golden Gate Bridge with the big trailer and all. Which meant we drove through part of San Francisco with the 8’ wide trailer – kissing homes, bright colored paint, a bus that said “Fort Masonâ€, the street cars, Stern Grove, Golden Gate Park… the kids loved it! I loved it! Dave may have been a bit on edge. Finally, we got to the Golden Gate Bridge – it was a bit foggy – we couldn’t see the top but stunning all the same. The kids loved it! I loved it! Dave may have been a bit on edge! The Golden Gate crosses into Marin County – we got sweet Marin’s name after endless deliberation when Dave saw a Marin bicycle (from Marin County), so it was fun to see all the Marin signs.
The rest of the day held a drive through part of the Napa area, a trip to Camping World in Vacaville after some sketchy direction giving from myself, and some more driving that landed us in the Walmart parking lot in Red Bluff at 9:30pm. Exhausted and excited about the prospect about free parking lot sleeping compared to the previous $55 night. Rather that falling asleep to the sound of crashing waves, we enjoyed the sound of at least one rowdy Walmart patron honking his way through the RV section.
Kids: “I saw dolphins.â€
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May 15, 2010
Travels: Santa Cruz, CA to Red Bluff, CA – 317 miles (622 total miles)
Accommodations: Wal-Mart
We had a nice breakfast, took a walk down t
he boardwalk and pier with Kenz on scooter, sick Mason in the stroller (he woke up with a 102 degree fever) and Marin running and being carried. We saw fish being caught, dolphins, seals, and an otter.
Before leaving Santa Cruz, we found a local Farmer’s Market for some fresh cherries and white peaches. After loading up, we headed down Hwy 1 to enjoy the beautiful NorCal coast as we approached San Francisco. The coast was beautiful – wildflowers galore, groves of eucalyptus, rocky coastline, cypress lining the highway with branches pointing the way, steep cliffs jutting into the Pacific, beaches with bundled visitors (still haven’t wrapped my head around the purpose in going to the beach all bundled up??), farms with rich, chocolate brown soil, fruit stands, Pigeon Point lighthouse, Half Moon Bay! We decided to cross the Golden Gate Bridge with the big trailer and all. W
hich meant we drove through part of San Francisco with the 8’ wide trailer – kissing homes, bright colored paint, a bus that said “Fort Masonâ€, the street cars, Stern Grove, Golden Gate Park… the kids loved it! I loved it! Dave may have been a bit on edge. Finally, we got to the Golden Gate Bridge – it was a bit foggy – we couldn’t see the top but stunning all the same. The kids loved it! I loved it! Dave may have been a bit on edge! The Golden Gate crosses into Marin County – we got sweet Marin’s name after endless deliberation when Dave saw a Marin bicycle (from Marin County), so it was fun to see all the Marin signs.
Kids: “I saw dolphins.â€