It was with regret, and some doubt about whether I am being too cautious, that I abandoned the border and headed east this morning. I had spent some time yesterday considering what I wanted to do and see on the way back and came to the conclusion that my favorite National Parks were the obvious … Continue reading Day 43 – Goodbye Pacific, Hello Desert →

I knew that it was worth an extra day to travel down California route 1 as far as Morro Bay because I had done the trip, in the opposite direction, in the summer of 2014. The weather was mainly sunny but there was a stiff wind so the surf was quite rough in places. The … Continue reading Day 42 – The Last Day on the Perimeter is a Good One →

It was raining heavily when I awoke this morning in Monterey. This was predicted and I had  allowed for the possibility of staying an extra day here as Tuesday is expected to be fine along the central coast. I reserved the room for another night and planned to visit a couple of nearby state parks … Continue reading Day 41 – A Big Change of Plan →

Today was the antidote for yesterday’s frustration. When booking my hotel for Saturday night I wanted somewhere south of San Francisco but I was a little too far south and had to backtrack a little today to get all the coast has to offer. It was worth the effort because I was able to see … Continue reading Day 40 – A Coastal Comeback →

When I looked at the redwood forest video from yesterday I was so disappointed because the blinding sun-glare completely hid the beauty of those groves. This lead me on a search in an office supply store and the TruValue hardware store in Fort Bragg to find something that I could use as a lens hood … Continue reading Day 39 – A Foggy Fail →