A Road Runs Through It

We spent the first night on our return home in Picacho, AZ. Woke up to an unpleasant surprise in the morning - a flat tire on our Durango. So, Josh had to change it before we could hit the road. The rest of the trip home was uneventful, just long! The boys wanted to be home for Halloween, so we just drove with minimal overnight stops.

Malibu was our last stop in California. The RV resort we stayed at had an awesome location just across the street from the beach. We had beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean. Lunch in Malibu The boys had a blast riding the giant waves. They didn’t care how cold the water was. The Pacific at sunrise. Our last day.

We continued to head south in California, stopping in Santa Barbara to check it out. It was a beautiful area. They have a cool downtown area and happened to be having a farmer’s market the evening we were there. There were a lot of vendors from all of the nearby farms. This is definitely an area we’d like to come back to and spend more time.

We decided to take the risk with the blackouts and head to San Francisco. So glad we did! We had trouble finding a place to stay given that it was Fleet Week, a huge air show put on by United Airlines that occurs each year. Luckily, we found a spot just south in Redwood City. Welcome to San Francisco! Crossing the Golden  Gate Bridge in the RV. Downtown San Francisco Coit Tower We had fun spending the day in China Town. We were able to meet up with Josh's uncle who lives in San Francisco and had a nice lunch at a dim sum place. At the fortune cookie factory  Driving down Lombard Street Day 2: Morning bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge. It got a little chilly and foggy as we made it across. A stroll through the Palace of Fine Arts Enjoying a nice bowl of clam chowder at Fisherman’s Wharf Watching the Navy Blue Angels at the air show for Fleet Week Day 3: We took our own tour of Silicon Valley. Checking out the...

We stayed in Crescent City our first night in California. We were waiting to see what was happening with the blackouts before heading to San Francisco. Due to wildfires and high winds, the power company, PG&E, was turning off the power around the Bay Area. We didn’t want to get stuck in the city with no power. We could run off of our generator for a few days, but didn’t want to worry about not being able to fuel up the RV. After listening to news reports, we decided  to go ahead and venture south. We drove down the historic “Avenue of the Giants.” It’s the old Hwy 101 that winds through forests of giant redwood trees. These trees were enormous!