THE BEST IS YET TO COME...: 07/17/11

Sunday, July 17, 2011

KOA, Moss Landing, Monterey Bay, to San Francisco RV Resort, Pacifica, CA: Left Moss Landing this morning at 10:40 a.m. and took the Pacific Coast Highway north to Route 17 northeast. Route 17 was a winding, twisting road up over the mountains through a lush conifer forest—a beautiful conifer forest. Then dropped down into a pretty valley northeast of San Jose and took 280 northwest back to the Pacific Coast Highway just south of San Francisco. Got to our park and were set up by 2:00. Our site backs up to the Pacific on a 50-ft. bluff. Beautiful! You can hear the waves crashing in below us. The sites here are really close together, but the view out our back window is priceless. After getting set up we drove south on the Pacific Coast Highway, since we decided not to drive it with the fifth wheel in tow. But it was doable—even though it would have taken us longer. They’re just finishing up a tunnel and bridge to go around an area of the PCH that has a lot of rock falls. Probably costs the state a lot to keep this section of road open. Drove down to Pescadero and then turned around. Mike drove down and I drove back. It sure seemed a lot different than the drive I did down to Carmel from San Francisco back in 1982. Half Moon Bay was a tiny little town back then. Now it has a population of 13,000 with lots of traffic and lots of traffic lights. Still a beautiful drive though. On the way back we stopped at an eatery Mike saw on the show, “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives”—The Gorilla Barbecue. Really good. Back to our park and waiting for, hopefully, an amazing sunset. 68 here in Pacifica but felt warmer. One bad thing here. Even though we have cable TV, we don’t have AMC channel. The first show this season of “Breaking Bad” is on AMC tonight. But we can’t see it. Grrrrrrrrr!