The Pacific Coast Highway
July 11, 2005
We picked up our rental car this morning (a red, Ford Expedition), traveled across the Golden Gate, and headed north on Highway 1. This is not a road to travel if you are in a hurry. It is narrow and twisty, but has spectacular views of the mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Our average speed was probably about 35 mph all day. We stopped for lunch at a seafood restaurant along the Sonoma Coast. During lunch we had a local delicacy, barbecued oysters. We were glad we tried them, but won't be in a hurry to order them again. In the afternoon we stopped several places to admire the views, and once to play in the water.
Tonight we are staying in Fort Bragg, CA. As Katie said, "This is really a big change from San Francisco!" Fort Bragg is a small town, without much to see or do other than the ocean. It does have a glass beach, which we will probably try to locate on the way out of town tomorrow. Our hotel is nice, and tomorrow we will continue up the coast to see some of the giant redwood trees.
A selection of photos from our trip can be viewed at Flickr. You might like to watch them as a slideshow. Send us an email by clicking HERE.
We picked up our rental car this morning (a red, Ford Expedition), traveled across the Golden Gate, and headed north on Highway 1. This is not a road to travel if you are in a hurry. It is narrow and twisty, but has spectacular views of the mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Our average speed was probably about 35 mph all day. We stopped for lunch at a seafood restaurant along the Sonoma Coast. During lunch we had a local delicacy, barbecued oysters. We were glad we tried them, but won't be in a hurry to order them again. In the afternoon we stopped several places to admire the views, and once to play in the water.
Tonight we are staying in Fort Bragg, CA. As Katie said, "This is really a big change from San Francisco!" Fort Bragg is a small town, without much to see or do other than the ocean. It does have a glass beach, which we will probably try to locate on the way out of town tomorrow. Our hotel is nice, and tomorrow we will continue up the coast to see some of the giant redwood trees.
A selection of photos from our trip can be viewed at Flickr. You might like to watch them as a slideshow. Send us an email by clicking HERE.
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