Day 31 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

We left China camp state park at about 9:30 Sunday morning. Our intention was to cross the Golden Gate bridge into San Francisco before traffic was bad. Instead of going straight on through without stopping as was the original plan, I turned on some side streets to get to the Golden gate park below the bridge. We found a good parking place and went walking. I even walked out on the bridge. We spent several hours taking pictures and browsing around. It was really terrific even if there was fog. We left the bridge and drove around quite a while getting lost trying to get back to highway 1. Found it after one of many wrong turns through a park where they were having an old car show cruise in. Headed south looking for a campsite. Found one just south of Santa Cruz. It is Seacliff state beach. It is very nice on the beach, but without any hookups, or showers, water, or dump station. All that for $33 per night. We thought being Sunday night that we would have no problems finding a site. We found out that the camp sites are hard to get unless you make a reservation. Everyplace is so crowded out here. Went in grocery store, could hardly get through the aisles, and the parking lot was full. On top of that prices are pretty high. Paid 3.30 a gallon for gas. In the pictures, the first is us driving on bridge, third is city skyline, fourth is Alcatraz.

Day 30 Point Reyes

Today we left highway 101 at Petaluma, CA. and headed for Point Reyes. It was a very scenic drive, but we must have negotiated 500 turns and twists and up and down and around hills on a rough narrow road. All this and we were only about 40 miles northwest of San Francisco. The road was also full of bicyclist. We finally made it to Point Reyes Lighthouse. It was a beautiful cloudless day. The view of the ocean, beaches, hill, and rocks was fantastic. They said we were very lucky because they get a lot of fog, wind, rain, and cold. On the way back to 101 we stopped at Stinson beach where the movie The Fog was filmed and walked on the beach. We left there and followed highway 1 back to 101. This stretch of highway followed the ocean's edge about 300 feet in the air, and had another 200 curves and up, down, narrow with more bicycles, cars, and motorcycles. Made it back to 101 and found a state park called China camp. It is for tenters, but they will let RV's stay for only 1 night with no electric or anything in a parking lot. All this for $20. The private campgrounds are few and far between and they charge about $50 this close to San Francisco. Tomorrow we head for the Golden Gate bridge and beyond. One picture is all you get tonight, very weak internet connection.

Day 29 Barb in tree

Today we drove about 200 miles down highway 101 to Windsor, CA where we are camped. Nothing too much happened today. We did however pull off the highway at a sign that said "Drive through the big tree." I paid my $5.00 and proceeded to the Chandelier tree. In the first picture you see me heading through. In the second picture, I am backing up to go around. I am very disappointed it doesn't fit. The third picture needs no explanation.