More on that in a bit.
The morning came with rain. Tim and I drove back to Hollister for the last session of Boot Camp ... Insurance. Boring as it sounds it was worth the effort to attend. Long story short if you have a vintage coach it needs to be insured for its value and it must be appraised by a certified appraiser to get that value prior to an insurance company being able to insure it. You don’t want to find out when it’s too late that the insurance company will only pay you $500 if your trailer is totaled. Demand verses supply has been one of the factors increasing value. We have just realized we even need to do this with our 2004 Airstream.
Boot Camp was so well worth the money we invested into the trip getting out here to the west coast. We are already talking about how and when will we return. Will we fly back out? Do we tow a vintage coach here?
After we said our goodbyes and had a quick breakfast near downtown Hollister we began our coastal drive north toward San Francisco. Sort of?!
When more than one person tells you about the same ‘must do’ stop we decided we should go. Not much farther south of Monterey lays Point Lobos State Natural Reserve it wasn’t much farther than our first planned stop and it did not disappoint. We took a short hike to the cliffs. Gorgeous!
Then Tim really wanted to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Cannery Row so we be headed that way. As it turns out, it was a big mistake. We should have known better to hit a big tourist attraction on a Sunday. First we figured out that admission was $50 each, parking in their garage was $15 and the garage was full. Next best option we found was public parking for $30 ... we passed and only drove through town.
As it turned out it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of hanging there we headed off in search of Plan B ... Big Basin Redwoods State Park. WOW! AMAZING! I checked an item off my bucket list ... hugging a redwood!!! This detour put the disappointment of the aquarium in the rear view mirror.
Next we continued our drive up the coast. Every turn was breath taking. Half Moon Bay leant for some of the most spectacular coastal views we have ever seen. Not the best pictures but best we could do without stopping.
Sunset brought us to our hotel in San Francisco. We’ve not seen much here other than a little of Fisherman’s Wharf since we are right here. I think I saw a light over at Alcatraz! We heard some sea lions in the dark. We are exhausted from today’s travels. I feel as though we took a weeks vacation and squeezed it into a day.
Tomorrow will come early. We will only have a few short hours before needing to arrive at the airport to head home tomorrow.
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