Like most trips, we got off an hour or two later than we would have liked, but we were on the road and that was all that mattered. First we took Hwy 1 from Santa Cruz to San Francisco.
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| Pigeon Point Lighthouse |
This lighthouse was named for the good ship Pigeon which was caught on the rocks just off the shore with all hands lost. After the tragedy, the lighthouse was built to prevent losing any other ships on the rocky shore.
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| Devil's Slide |
Devil's Slide is one of the more notorious sections of Hwy 1. With my fear of heights, I'm always happy to be going north rather than south and to be traveling through in good weather.
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| Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge with fog |
I always love crossing the Golden Gate (and never tire of taking shots of it). Here's the best one of the many taken crossing this time.
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| Light at end of the tunnel |
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| Fog pouring over Marin Headlands |
One price of leaving home two hours later than planned, was hitting the Marin Headlands in late afternoon in summer when the fog gets sucked inland with a vengeance. The fog was pouring in so fast Peter had trouble controlling the van through the heavy wind..
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| 5pm gridlock in Marin |
and the other problem with leaving late is TRAFFIC! ... all the way to Petaluma no less. People commute to SF from Petaluma??? But I thought it was the chicken capitol of California, not a bedroom community for SF.
Bless the diamond lane, but why did it have to end so soon?
We pulled into our camp site at Doran Beach around dinner time and treated ourselves and the puppies to a nice long walk on the ocean side of the sand spit.
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| Walking hounds @ Bodega Bay |
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| Checkers checks out a crab |
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In the morning, we watched a parade of fishing boats going out of the bay side of the strand for the day's catch. They streamed past our Sprinter camper and sped up just as they passed.
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| Fishing boats leaving Bodega Bay early am |
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