Trip 2005 - Road to San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

I know how much rain Seattle gets on average annually (36 inches, which is in fact less than a lot of other areas but gives "tourists" the idea that it's always raining in Seattle) but I don't know how much it rains in San Francisco. Regardless, it is very important to always put up the rain fly on a tent when camping, lest ye be covered in dew in the morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes they say that it's not where you're going, it's how you get there. In this case, they just happened to be right. The drive along PCH was one of the best I've ever had.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We got the best spot in the entire campsite, for it was the only spot that was under tree cover. Sadly, we wouldn't have time to enjoy our spot as we had precious daylight time left.

With the tent in its full, upright and locked position, we were now able to relax inside of it and contemplate what to do with the remainder of our day. I remembered seeing a sign in town (Half Moon Bay) that said San Francisco was only a 30 mile drive along PCH. We figured that we might as well take the picturesque drive along the Pacific Ocean.

 

 

 

 

 

Tim was taking pictures at this point, and he failed to show you just how close we were to dangling over the cliff's edge and falling to certain doom in the rocky waters below. I badly wanted to grasp the camera out of his hands and take some "quality" pictures, but I had to concentrate on the road. It was pure excitement and pure beauty wrapped up sweeter and tighter than anything that jolly old St. Nick could squeeze down your chimney and place under your tree. We had an elevated view of our surroundings; on our left was the majestic blue water of the ocean, and on our right the rocky tops of the hills. I wish there was a place to pull over and take it all in, but we had to keep on driving.

 

 

 

 

I had the idea to go into the city, so I declared myself the driver and leader of this current incarnation of trip 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home

Most of the drive was along the ocean, but the rest took us through the countryside and some nice, quaint small towns.