This day was spent putting the balance of the universe to rights (ie. too much fun one day must be followed by not so much fun the next).Â
Day 27: Niscene Marks, The Bagelry, and Cultural Exchanges Amongst the Vines
We went ‘over the hill’ to go for a walk in the redwoods. It took a while to find Niscene Marks State Park, despite being near an area Disa used to hang out in. We went for a lovely walk,…
Day 26: The Tales of the City walk
We left Disa’s parents’ house mid-morning – destination: San Francisco to do the Tales of the City walk. Scott & I are fans of the Tales of the City books written by Armistead Maupin and set in San Francisco. Disa…
Day 25: Point Lobos and other coastal scenery (but no sea otters)
Maria had organised to have today off, as well as yesterday, to ferry us around and decided to take us to Point Lobos. Thank goodness for that as it wasn’t on our itinerary and we would have otherwise missed this…
Day 24: San Juan Bautista
Off we went to San Juan Bautista with Maria. This town is named after the Spanish mission of the same name as are many Californian towns with Spanish saints’ names (San Jose, San Francisco, San Diego etc). 200 years ago…
Day 23: Taking it easy geocaching around Morgan Hill
While Disa had a sleep in, Scott went with dad to see some redwoods near Mt Madonna. He was privileged enough to also meet some banana slugs – woo-hoo! Then we went geocaching with dad around Morgan Hill until it…