Up the Coast of California.

We left Don's yesterday, he and Nic were such wonderful and gracious host and we had such a good time. Don's house on the ocean is a tonic in itself. Our next stop was Pier 39 (about 1 hour), to meet up with our old friend Lucia. Lucia is the colleague of mine who helped with our plans in Italy, she arranged for our flat in Alviano for 2 months with an old friend of hers. We had a nice breakfast, good conversation (with lots of laughs) and then motored up and headed for Eureka. After checking a couple different routes we had decided to follow the coast as much as possible. So over the Golden Gate Bridge, through Muir Woods and down to Stinson Beach, we got on Hwy 1 and started our slow crawl up the coast. Many people believe Southern California is the jewel of this state but that is only because they haven't been up North, what beautiful scenery we passed through. My only problems with the day were 1) how slow the drive is and 2) how slow the drive is! At one switchback the speed limit is actually 10 MPH...after 4 1/2 hours we had only gone 137 miles. I mean come on, this is a trip around the world and I'm already 60 years old, at this pace it would take us 100 years! Just kidding, the real problem is the road is so twisty and has so many turns that, if your driving, you aren't able to enjoy all the beauty that surrounds you. There are so many wonderful small communities, postcard ocean scenes, and then at the end of the day we start seeing the mighty redwoods. Hit the sack about 10 pm and just got up at 8 am...I must have needed the sleep after all that work twisting and turning. Today we will really get out and see the Forest...can't wait.

Rog, Lucia, Nanc

Touchdown Roger

Awesome...where'd they come from!

Coastline

Scenery