So I thought we would never make it here, but after 8,001 hairpin turns along Highway 1, we have arrived safely here in San Francisco. After all the rainfall yesterday, today brought beautiful blue skies, thank goodness! Too, there were better stretches of the highway than we experienced yesterday, but still only averages about 35 mph for over 80 miles. We stopped and saw a lighthouse, drove right up on some cattle meandering along on the highway, saw some pretty spectacular ocean views, and drove over the Golden Gate bridge. Definitely many differences between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. However, award for better side would most definitely go to the Atlantic for the mere warmth factor. After sleeping in the car for 4 straight days, we decided to splurge for a hotel here in San Francisco. We found a nice little place only about 4 blocks from the waterfront, in plain view of Alcatraz. The architecture here is gorgeous. 24 hours here will certainly not do it justice. Tonight we walked down along the waterfront and then back up to Chinatown. Got to witness all the sea lions fighting and yelling while others attempted to sleep. There were certainly a couple bullies out there as some would repeatedly knock the other sea lion off each time it tried to leap up onto the dock. It was quite entertaining to stand there and watch them go at it. Lots of neck wrestling... and body odor. They smelled quite funky. We couldn't take it for all that long. Anyways, tomorrow we will be going out exploring a bit more, lots of photo taking we hope. Then we will be heading out in the early evening towards Vegas. From here to there, it is about 570 miles, so we will cover what we can tomorrow and then do the rest on Friday. We certainly had a much better day today than we did yesterday, and tomorrow looks promising as well! May not have internet for a couple days but will post when I can. Peace.
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