Road Trip - Day 16 & 17

Due to a very serious low-battery issue, I will make this brief.

Day 16:

We left San Fran and headed to Monterey, CA.  

On our way we stopped at the Redwoods:

ooooh. aaaaah.

Then to Santa Cruz for a yummy lunch (from Aloha) on the beach...where we saw a sea otter. 

Life complete, we moved on and bought some awesome roadside produce for cheap.  7 avocados for 1 dollar and Driscoll Strawberries straight from the farm!  At night, our luck with zero-preparedness in the where-shall-we-park arena finally came to an end when all of the RV parks turned up full.  Poo. However, since we are masters of the road we were able to find a Red Roof Inn with a free spot available (bonus: it had electricity and water hookups too!)  It was a lot closer to other RV's (crap, people!) than we would have liked, but beggars can't be choosers.

 

Day 16!

As we got ready for our big night in Monterey, Jac made some amazingly fresh guac with our earlier findings and we headed out on foot to dinner and bowling.  

Both were awesome.  Especially bowling since the guy kept the place open an extra 30 minutes for us. 

um, this might be my highest score ever.

This morning, the crew awoke to a thick layer of fog and mist.  It actually really felt like Seattle weather...not Cali at all, so we packed up the homestead and drove off into the sunshine.  

On a recommendation, we grabbed the most amazing brunch at Nepenthe. And thank goodness we did.  You get to eat in the trees! With hummingbirds! Overlooking the ocean! It's actually crazy beautiful and these pictures do not do it justice.  Oh, the food is unreal-amazing too.

After that we managed to find the hardest hiking trail ever along Highway 1.  The Nature Trail @ Ragged Point. 

 Do it...just not in flip-flops, like me.  We didn't take any phone pics, but I'll update this later because the secluded black pebbled beach we ended up on was gorgeous. Also, Jeff getting creamed by a wave was also pretty hilarious and we miraculously have it on video.

Now, we're heading to Malibu for our LAST night in the RV.  I could cry thinking of this journey coming to end.  It's been so surreal and life-changing.  I mean, we saw zebras today. Zebras! And then we stumbled upon a beach with dozens of Elephant Seals. Elephant Seals!  

All I'm saying is...Ed ate a scorpion.  That's it. That's all I'm saying.

EWWW! It's escaping!

~L