Day 8: The Long Road to Santa Clara

Day 8 – Heading to the Santa Clara, CA

Odometer reading –

Today is our casual day. Since we have been pushing ourselves across the country, Da MF Man decided to take it a little easy and take a scenic route to the San Francisco area. For us that means taking a drive up the Sunset Strip (Sunset Blvd) in Los Angeles, then head north on the 101 until we reach our destination. Since we are driving up the coast, we would have an opportunity to “dip our toes” in the Pacific Ocean. So with our bellies full with breakfast, we hit the Strip.



California is a land filled with gorgeous homes, expensive cars, and beautiful people. The weather was perfect and for a moment, I almost wanted to extend our time here. That moment passed when we hit traffic. From Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Lompoc to San Luis Obispo, we were snarled in traffic every 30 minutes. I know Da MF Man was getting ticked because he would clutch the steering wheel that much tighter once we cleared a “bottleneck” area. We did take a moment to dip our toes just outside of Ventura. There was a group of surfers riding the waves, enjoying themselves. As the video shows, it was a little too cold for swimming as far as I was concerned but these folks seem to know what they are doing.



Our “Scenic Route” finally ended when we reached Santa Clara. It took us just under nine hours to get here. We did stop to “smell the roses,” got stuck in a number of traffic jams, and one trip to Target (I ran out of contact lens solution). We’re a couple miles away from the park at a Ramada Inn. No continental breakfast but free wireless internet so we’re happy.

Tomorrow…Great America!
Then…Golden Gate Bridge
Then…Heading East for who know where!?!

Later!!!!