Trip 2005 - Road to San Francisco

We woke up this morning in the hotel and decided to grab some breakfast at the nearby Carl's Jr., which is known around these parts as Hardee's. It was really good. Tim and I had these breakfast burgers that had egg and sausage and bacon and hashbrowns on them, but they looked like hamburgers. It's too bad that Campbell's has already taken the phrase Mmm mmm good... So with Dad and Kathy at the airport en route to their home destination (Chicago), the kids were left with the car and the responsibility to get it home before the week's end. We could do anything that we wanted to do as long as we didn't cause bodily harm to ourselves, each other or any property belonging to the United States or my Dad.

Tim was in charge of getting us from southern California to the Northern regions and the land of San Francisco. It takes close to six hours to get from L.A. to San Fran and is a relatively easy drive (take the 5 freeway North). But we weren't going to Frisco per se, we were camping in a nearby state campground. We would need the map.

Jenny was all smiles as she looked on from the back seat. Most people prefer to ride shotgun because it offers the luxury of first class with the a view to die for. People and their countries have gone to war over disputes on who 'called' shotgun first. But Jenny has always called 'back', leaving shotgun wide open for Timmy the Kid.

Bridges cost a lot of money and are extremely difficult to build. I don't doubt or question that one bit, but I often wonder why I have to incur that cost. Take for example this bridge we were crossing. We were along highway 92 in the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, and needed to cross the water to get to Half Moon Bay, where our campsite was located. It cost $3 dollars to cross all 36,900 feet of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and it was well worth it.

Originally built in 1929 (when it was the longest bridge in the world) it was modernized in 1967 and serves as a passage to San Francisco to avoid the other and more traveled bridges. It's pretty long and close to the water, which offers plenty of good views of the sparkling water and natural environments. It was pretty sweet, and I'd do it again if given the chance.

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