Up early and on the road by 0745 hours. Sunny skies, but there is a Tsunami watch in the area due to the 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Chile yesterday. We are sticking to our plan to drive down Route 1 all the way to Highway 101, unless we are diverted. We stopped at the Santa Monica Pier; an unscheduled stop. We had lunch at the Mexican restaurant at the end of the pier, where there was a lone seal playing in the water. Pretty neat pier. Had my picture take at t...

Up and on the road by 0830 hours. Drove down to the beach in Carmel to take some pictures before we departed. Just gorgeous. We stopped at Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur to look at the overview from the patio; the restaurant was not open yet. Stunning views! We drove down Route 1 and pulled off to watch the seals sunning themselves on the beach in Cambria, and a lot of them were playing in the water. I spoke to a guy from a Harley-Davidson tour group who were a...

After heading to the Post Office in Carmel to pick up some boxes, which we had to return to because it doesn't open until 10am (!), we headed off to 17-mile drive under overcast skies, hoping it would clear by the time we got to the beach area. We stopped at Pebble Beach Golf Course and had a HUGE cinnamon roll and delicious coffee. We took some picture of the gorgeous ocean view from behind the lodge. While Diane was shopping, I chatted up Ruben, one of the head...

Left Crescent City at 0700 hours. Today is just a travel day heading from Crescent City, California to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, about 475 miles. We went through another drive-through redwood tree along the way, and these idiots were blocking the one-way road, so I four-wheeled around them and drove through the tree in the reverse direction, scattering Asian tourists in my wake. Overcast all 474 miles today, which actually was great for driving. Twisty r...

Woke up around 0730 hours to an extremely foggy morning. We took our time getting moving since we are going sightseeing on the coast and visiting the Redwood Forest. Breakfast at the hotel, then off to the Klamath Ocean drive,14 miles south of the hotel. Beautiful drive through part of the forest, although still very foggy. We ran into a bunch of Indians from the Yurok tribe who were out fishing in the sand shoals for salmon. We talked to one of the young guys w...