odds and ends in san francisco: visited alcatraz--beautiful but i wish they still had real people narrating the tours (its all audio now), climbed the street up to telegraph hill and basked in the sun enjoying the occasional parrot calls/sightings, met up with chris and took the ferry to alamadea to an old naval base where his friend works and watched the sun set from the old control tower (which has been set up with bar stools, couches, and two tap beers-nice!). i love the city...
so friday a.m. we head over the golden gate into the golden gate recreation area, freaked over the views and the impressive beauty surrounding us, drove down a super steep hill to see the pacific in its glory, explored some old military forts, and then headed down to big sur.
goodness....it gives me goose bumps how lovely big sur is. the drive down highway 1 was full of crazy beautiful twists and cliffs and i can't even begin to describe the amazing scent of pine trees mixed with ocean. heavenly. we stopped whenever the urge struck us and hiked some shorter trails to redwood groves, waterfalls, and ocean bluffs. we stopped by the henry miller library where a gentleman was cutting the grass with one of those hand powered mowers, which i loved. saw lots and lots of condors that were flying right at or just above eye level. and at the southern end was an elephant seal rookery- tons! of them lounging on the shore. chris was (and still is) quite tickled by them. we have taken some great photos- which i hope to post soon. we've made it to sequoia and are very excited to be in a great big room and see some giant trees today--including the ones you drive though. the road to here leads though several orange & lemon orchards which have an intoxicating scent that has taken over the car (a vast improvement)
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