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February 6, 2008
CA Trip Part 2,
On Thursday we headed north, driving from Ojai to Santa Cruz. We stopped along the way several times - the first time just to enjoy the windy beach views and watch the pelicans. We took a bit of a detour to Lompoc, to visit Mission La Purisima. I visited this mission once when I was young, and really didn't remember it well, so it was nice to go back. It's a bit out of the way, but really a beautiful and interesting place. Plus, they've got some awesome shaggy sheep!
After La Purisima, we continued to San Luis Obispo. We were planning on just stopping very quickly for lunch and having time to drive up HWY 1 to see the elephant seals before the weather got too bad, but unfortunately, we decided to peek into the mission here too, and while doing so, locked the car keys inside our rental. Even though the locksmith was speedy, it was late by the time we were back on the road, and the rain was coming down. We had to just take the 101 and try to make it up to Santa Cruz in time for dinner.
Unfortunately, we didn't see much of Santa Cruz - between the rain and our tiredness, we ended up just crashing in our hotel room. We got up the next morning ready for a breathtaking drive to San Fransisco through the Big Basin Redwoods State Park... but awoke to more rain. We drove through the park anyways, and while it certainly was breathtaking, some of it was a little more "I hope the road isn't closed up there!" than "wow, that tree is tall." I only hope I get a chance to make the same drive in better weather.
We made it into San Fransisco just in time to buy an umbrella before our lunch reservations. That evening, after getting settled in, we met up with Naomi, Jon, Ish and Aseem to enjoy a night of food and drink... an excellent welcome to the city!
About Travel, by Erica McDaniel at 8:48 PM
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