{"id":45,"date":"2010-05-15T20:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightofthegrahams.wordpress.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2013-04-07T20:35:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T04:35:53","slug":"may-15-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"May 15, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Travels:<\/strong> Santa Cruz,  CA to Red Bluff, CA &#8211; 317 miles (622 total miles)<br \/>\n<strong>Accommodations:<\/strong> Wal-Mart<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61\" title=\"golden-gate-bridge\" src=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/golden-gate-bridge1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/golden-gate-bridge1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/golden-gate-bridge1-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a nice breakfast, took a walk down t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-63\" title=\"marin-pier\" src=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/marin-pier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/marin-pier.jpg 320w, http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/marin-pier-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>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.\u00c2\u00a0 We saw fish being caught, dolphins, seals, and an otter.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving Santa Cruz, we found a local Farmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 &#8211; 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t 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<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-66\" title=\"sanfran\" src=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sanfran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sanfran.jpg 320w, http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sanfran-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>hich meant we drove through part of San Francisco with the 8\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 wide trailer &#8211; kissing homes, bright colored paint, a bus that said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fort Mason\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, the street cars, Stern Grove, Golden Gate Park\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the kids loved it! I loved it! Dave may have been a bit on edge. Finally, we got to the Golden Gate  Bridge &#8211; it was a bit foggy &#8211; we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t 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 &#8211; we got sweet Marin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name after endless deliberation when Dave saw a Marin bicycle (from Marin  County), so it was fun to see all the Marin signs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-64\" title=\"vineyards\" src=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/vineyards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/vineyards.jpg 320w, http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/vineyards-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>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<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-65\" title=\"walmart\" src=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/walmart1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/walmart1.jpg 320w, http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/walmart1-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Kids: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I saw dolphins.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travels: Santa Cruz, CA to Red Bluff, CA &#8211; 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.\u00c2\u00a0 We saw fish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daveandcourt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}