Vacation day 2 2010

Our second day of vacation started with us packing up everything and moving on. I forgot to mention that there was a skunk on Monday night that wanted to come join our fire. I was all for him enjoying it and me hiding in the tent. So did not want to mess with him. And trying to sleep on sand one would think is comfortable, but really its not. Sand does not move once your tent is up!

We got up early on Tuesday, because we had a busy and long day ahead of us. Once breakfast was down and everything was packed and ready to go, we were off. First stop was to go visit the boys at Boy Scout Camp. It was a quick 30 minute drive from where we were camping at. Its a nice campground and the boys were having a ton of fun. We went on a hike to see all of the camp site and while hiking, we ran across some sweet peas. My second favorite flower next to red roses. All day Monday and Tuesday everywhere we went i found sweet peas but they were always on the side of the road. So I took a picture of the one's that I found at camp.

Sweet Pea's

We left camp at about noon and started our drive to Santa Cruz. By Google Maps directions it should be a 3 hour and 45 minute drive. It was more like a 8 hour drive. We drove right down Hwy 1. Such a stunning drive on that hwy. Its one of my favorites in California, mostly because its all coast driving. Here is some pictures of the places we stopped.

Some crab's chillin on the side of the bay, where we stopped to have a tailgate lunch.

We stopped on the side of hwy 1 just outside of the town of Marshall. First for us is a tailgate lunch. While eating, I saw a bird I wanted to get a picture of and then I happen to look down and saw the crabs chillin here. So it was a must to get a picture of them.

Along the coast of California. North of Stinson Beach.

About an hour later we were able to get our first view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

We all were very excited to see that because we wanted to stop in SF for some potty break and leg stretching time. But that was not in the cards for us.

Amazing crystal clear views of the bridge and all of SF.

Because we could not find the place we were looking for and it was well past 5pm at this time, we decided to push on and keep driving south. No more stops along the side of the road (except for a potty break in Pacifica, at a NASTY gas station). We knew we were almost there when we saw Pigeon Point Light House.

Pigeon Point Light House

For the first time in 3 summers I did not stop there. Amazing I know. About 1 hour later we were in Santa Cruz and at our campsite.


With that being said, part two of day two will be posted in a new post.

xoxo, T