After Yosemite, we have returned to the coast and are making our way back to San Francisco. Our first stop – Santa Cruz, a typical seaside town, famous for its Boardwalk, which is actually a fun fair.
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California Coast – The Big Sur
We were really looking forward to this, but TBH it was a bit disappointing. It’s nothing special, certainly not deserving of its reputation. If we ignore the incessant rain and and the sand flies, our own West Coast is far more beautiful, interesting and accessible, and a lot less crowded. There are a few good bits:-
Yes, they actually put a power station right on the bay – this is Morro Bay.
More California and Beyond
A change in the weather on the California coast meant that we changed our plans, and headed inland to Death Valley. Who remembers being dragged out of bed at 4am to pack and see the sunrise at Zabriskie Point? Continue reading
Northern California Coast
Having collected the van, bought provisions, and had a fairly fraught trip through San Francisco, we headed North. We spent a couple of nights at Petaluma to rest and do the laundry, then headed to the coast. The pic above is at Point Arena Lighthouse. Continue reading
San Francisco
We have had such a good time here in San Francisco, our time has flown by, and today we pick up our camper van. We have decided to stay close by for a couple of days, we hope to find a camp site on the other side of the bridge. It’s surprisingly easy to escape from the city, bus travel is very cheap, the bridge is situated in a National Park and it’s very rural. Yesterday we “hiked the trails” as they say, and walked from the bridge to Baker Beach. The vegetation is almost the same as we have at Birdlings Flat – lots of the same plants!