After Death Valley we headed due west for the coast and Cambria, CA.

Why Cambria? No idea, just seemed the shortest route to the coast and we only had 4 days to make the drive up to Portland for Thanksgiving. I didn't want to be late for the best free meal of the year. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

I grew up in NC and spent all of my summers on the Outerbanks. But I've been living in CO & WY for the last 14 years. This would be my first time seeing any ocean in 8 years.

It was perfect. The Pacific Coast Highway 101 lives up to the hype. One of the best drives in America. We heard the elephant seals near San Simeon, drove through Big Sur and walked around the Hobbit houses in Carmel. We watched kite surfers dancing on the waves, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset and ate ice cream in Mendocino.

It was good to be by the sea again.


San Simeon, California -



Big Sur -



Leaving only footprints -



Pacific Coast Highway 101, California -



Kite surfing -



California coast -



The Golden Gate Bridge -



San Francisco at dusk -