This picture doesn't even begin to show what this road is like to be on! Sometimes there's guard rails sometimes not, where you think there should be one there isn't. We took most corners at about ten to twenty miles per hour. We have been driving on this road for the past couple days, today there was a portion that had slid into the sea and it was down to one lane. I (Nadine) spent most of this drive pretty much on the centre console due to the fact that it was rocky, wave crashing four hundred foot drop!!
Most of the pictures I took didn't turn out that well because I mainly just stuck out the camera with my head turned away and clicked the picture. At the same time, there are no words to describe how beautiful the scenery is. It is breath taking - literally!! For those who are not afraid of heights or roads without shoulders this is a must do drive!
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| now this is sea level |
We also drove through San Francisco, and went over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was much taller than expected but not very long. We hadn't planned on driving through the city but for the first time Tom-Tom did us wrong because of a construction zone, but it turned out in our favor anyway and we were able to see a little of the city. We drove up an incredibly steep hill where all you could see was sky, with Justin encouraging the land rover all the way up the hill!
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| approaching the golden gate bridge |
We took one day off driving and stayed an extra night in Santa Cruz - surf capital USA! All of these touristy places that we have been staying at are all ghost towns. Everything is closed but we have had our pick of accommodations and prices have been pretty good.
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| sea lions under the Santa Cruz pier |
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| pier in Morro Bay |
This has all been the calm before the storm - we enter Los Angeles tomorrow!! Hopefully Tom-Tom doesn't send us to South Central!! - (Craig!)
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| sunset in Santa Cruz |
Looks beautiful,but those roads are for people with nerves of steel. looks like shirt sleeves.
ReplyDeleteBig blast of winter here, Much, much snow the last 2 days.
Wow, amazing! Nice that you can now relax and enjoy the weather and your surroundings. Loreto Bay was where Troy and I were looking at properties. Love all the pictures:)
ReplyDeleteLoreto Bay could definitely be a great spot to hang your hat for most of the year! We've been told that temps in the summer hit mid forties - I suppose thats why we see the locals wearing long sleeve shirts and coats (and we are in light weight clothing, still sweating!)
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