Road Trip!

So, Kim and I decided to head up the coast yesterday. It's high on our Excel spreadsheet of things to do while we're here. It's the only day off I'll have for a while. We left early and went over the Bay Bridge, then the Golden Gate into Marin County. We got on Hwy 1, which winds up the coast. We could see the Sutro tower receding in the distance as we progressed. We saw a neat Steep Ravine Campground near Stinson Beach. We thought Stinson Beach would be a cool place to launch The Twins and camp on the beach overnight.

We then headed up to Point Reyes and Tomales Bay. We found Tomales Bay Oyster Co. where a lot of people had setup picnics and grills to do up giant shellfish farmed right in the Bay. We were unprepared for this and they only took cash, so we got back in the car. We stopped in Bodega Bay, where there was allegedly a Fisherman's Festival, but we couldn't actually find it. We looked at a few boats in the marina and headed East.

We stopped in Santa Rosa for lunch at Russian River Brewing Company where they are evidently a victim of their own success. The service was slow and sarcastic, which is not necessarily a bad thing. We were surrounded by locals that evidently have a frequent drinker program. Being quite full, we ran over to the Charles M. Schulz Museum which was pretty cool.

We then headed home for a peaceful evening watching downloaded torrents. All in all, a great day in NorCal. I can't wait to go even farther north to the Mendocino/Fort Bragg area and check out College of the Redwoods. Maybe this fall after the sailing season starts to die down.