Week 3: Central and Southern Cali

Oh man is time flying! We have a lot to catch up on, be patient, there are many adventures to capture here and oh so little time with Wi-Fi. So...lets see, here's Week 3 in review, and we'll update Week 4 soon as well. Can't believe it's been nearly a month we've been homeless and jobless and wandering. We're getting used to this... 

 

 marshlands    Pescadero, CA 

Ahhhhh Pescadero beach.

Feeding frenzy perhaps? So many sea birds!

 

 

 

Beautiful Butano State Park. A hidden gem south of SF. We enjoyed many nights under redwoods here, and our trailer enjoyed a few more. There was no way we were going into a dense city like San Francisco with that thing so we unhitched and left it at our campsite for a couple of nights while we hit the town. Then we came back for a few more nights. Worked brilliantly.

 

 

Brightest banana slug we have ever seen.

 

 

Set up awesome camp and off to the city we went!

 

Here's Peggy, our gracious SF host and old Pathfinder friend. Thanks Peggy! You made our SF dream happen. We had an awesome time bike riding up and down the hills of SF. Sometimes the uphill wasn't so awesome, but the downhills were pretty sweet. We went to a cool beat poets' bookstore and bar, and had authentic tiramisu and fudge in North Beach, the Italian neighborhood.

 

Lovely view from Peggy's. Near the top of Lombard Street.

 

 

Bay Bridge night beauty.

 

 

Amy was in succulent heaven at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. 

 

 

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Good 'ole buddy Brandon at his delicious Pizzeria Delfina.  Happy to find camaraderie here in the farm to table movement.

 

After saying good bye to the city we headed back once more to the central coast.

 

Our curious seal friend kept popping its head up to check us out on the beach.

 

"There it is again!"

Finally, it was time to leave the central Cali. coast. What a beautiful place, it deserved a week.
Next up we travelled south to LA to visit lovely friends Katie and Troy! We enjoyed lovely hospitality, great hikes, good eats, and awesome company.

 

We climbed up Eagle Rock for a gorgeous view.

 

Visited the Santa Monica Farmers Market and saw all kinds of new and interesting produce, southern California style.

 

Troy, graciously showing us the FRESH (!) ginger. Made for some delicious tea.

 

"What?!? You can eat this little avocado, skin and all!"

And it was delicious.

 

Cool stairs up the Hollywood hills. Giant jade plants like these adorn many walkways. They put my poor houseplant to shame.

 

Holy Agave plants!

 

Troy made us do it.

 

 

Good advice from the notebook hidden in the cave under Eagle Rock. Thanks Katie and Troy! We had an awesome time and never knew Hollywood could be so cool.