So after our short hiatus from travel, we decided to venture out on a California road trip which began wonderfully on September first with us landing in San Francisco and returning not so wonderfully September 11th (more to follow on that).
We took in some of our favorite hot spots:
Sept 4 we began our trip south down the coast starting with a stop at Cannery Row in Monterey.
We stayed at a lovely place called the Spindrift Inn which is situated right along the rocky coastline.
I think at this point Dennis may have been missing all of the "celebrity" of our L.A. trip but he made up for it nicely by purchasing enough paraphernalia at the pro shop that he probably could have played a round of golf there after all!
From here we headed out to Carmel California, known for it's famous mayor (Clint Eastwood 1986-1988) as much as its artists, poets and writers. We had lunch at the Hog's Breath Inn which was once owned by Clint Eastwood, who still owns the property but not the restaurant.
Before turning in for the day, we drove down the coast in Carmel and came upon many a dream home:
We woke early the next morning and continued down the coast, Starbucks in hand, making our first stop at a National Park outside of Carmel.
More pics of the gorgeous coast line as we continue to move south...
I would love to tell you that the best was yet to come but unfortunately not so much! We moved down through Santa Barbara (where we stayed at a sketchy hotel) and drove like crazy to San Diego to meet up with Dennis' sister Sharon and Brother-in-law Dan; only to come down with food poisoning, whereby we spent almost two days in bed and then drove all the way back to San Fran to catch our flight home.
Not all was lost in San Diego as we were able to tour a aircraft carrier before Dennis started to turn for the worse. Here a few pics including those that I ran around and captured so Dennis could see what he was missing (this was at his request)...
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