road trip from san francisco to monterey.

As part of our trip in California last month we drove from San Francisco, CA to Monterey. Usually when we go places we tend to take it slow and enjoy the drive. Needless to say, we are quite capable and ready to barrel through 18 hours straight if we need to, but this trip, we set things up to try and travel at most 4-6 hours each day.

The drive traveling along HWY1 from San Francisco was as beautiful as ever. I have done this stretch a few times now and it never gets old. Each time I drive this section I keep trying to scheme up something or some way for us to move here. It’s not like this place is uninhabited, people do live here, so why can’t I?

A bit south of San Francisco, in Half Moon bay there is a break that locals managed to keep a secret up until the mid 90’s and although it has taken lives of legends such as Mark Foo it has become one of the premier breaks for surfers from around the world. Mavericks is in the same class as Pipeline, Waimea Bay, and Jaws.

Well, it’s summer so everything was flat and therefore we did not even bother stopping. We kept driving south through the wonderful Cyprus and Eucalyptus forests that have a smell that cannot be reproduced, described, nor found anywhere else. If you ever get a chance to walk through one of these forests and not just drive through them, I would recommend that you would do so. A short half hour walk is a great way to break up a long day of driving and let the kids run around. A soft off shore breeze, the sun’s rays that are filtered by the 80′ canopy overhead, squirrels, and the companion of the soft hum of the near by highway has never been a bad place to each a sandwich.

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