Pacific Coast Highway – June 16, 2009

It is probably best to let our pictures speak for this part of the trip. From Morro Bay to the Monterrey Peninsula, this is one of the most beautiful drives in the world. We stopped often to photograph the scenery, the wildlife and each other. Lunch was at a Los Padres National Forest Campground right on the ocean south of Big Sur. We took the “Famous” 17 Mile Drive around the Monterrey Peninsula where, like every where else we had been in the country, a lot of homes were for sale. Dave put in a bid for one of them but I doubt his offer will be accepted even in this market. Leaving the PCH in Santa Cruz we headed into the South Bay area, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino and San Jose once again familiar to me and stopped for dinner in the pleasant little east bay town of Pleasonton. Dave treated us to an excellent Italian dinner. We sat outside as we looked a bit out of place among the DotCom should have beens with our non-designer blue jeans, fishing hats and hiking boots. We arrived in early evening to a warm welcome at Richard's home.

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