San Fran - Part 3 - DC

We arrived in San Francisco late at night after more than 12 hours of driving. Before entering the downtown area from the north we popped off the highway to get a nice night time view overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. The views of the bridge and the city were amazing and clear. After driving over the bridge and some fancy moves in the big truck on the small city streets, including 10 point U-turn on Lombard St, we arrived at the hotel. It was after midnight but Adam and I went for a short walk to the kinkiest street in the world. Wow, now that I write that it sounded really dirty, but no, it is the steepest or the windiest, maybe both. Anyways, we went for a walk…

The full day of driving was rewarded with being able to spend a day being a super tourist around San Fran. We embarked on a hop-on/hop-off bus tour around the city and saw the main attractions, Fisherman’s wharf, Golden Gate during the day, Chinatown and lots of other cool places. The day was finished off with a crab feast right on the water front looking out to Alcatraz. It was great. Another walk around the city back to the motel then it was off to sleep. Next Stop, Santa Barbara.

Cannon Beach and Beyond - Part 2 - AC

We arrived at the destination for our first night in the US just before sunset. Cannon Beach, Oregon is a popular holiday spot and is well known for its giant haystack rock halfway down the beach. A gap in the clouds treated us to a green flash as the sun passed down behind the horizon (Davon thought that seeing a green flash was a BIG deal! She was really excited). After some authentic Mexican food and soak in the hot tub we collapsed in our Murphy bed for the night.

In the morning we continued down the Pacific Coast Highway. Barb (Davon’s mom) was keen to go dune buggying so we ventured off the highway to see if we could locate dunes/buggies for some fun. Unfortunately, April is too wintery for the Oregon Coast tourism industry and there were no dune buggies to be rented. Tim (Barb’s boyfriend), the gentleman that he is, tried to provide us with the experience of dune buggying by entering the sand dunes in the large 4x4 truck. Davon’s cautious warning “This is NOT a good idea” was soon realised as the weighted down truck was stuck in soft sand for about 5 minutes. Eventually, Tim succeeded to break free and reverse the truck back at speed down the sand track before we were enroute again.