We set out from Santa Maria on 4th October, deciding to take the coastal route up towards San Francisco. We were soon in sight of the Pacific - it was good to see the shoreline again (I’m definitely not an inland sort of person), but we decided against a morning dip since the weather was chilly and quite windy. Autumn (The Fall) had definitely arrived. The road was scenic and we had a good drive - we even stopped at a quaint little gas station and coffee bar for a mid morning hot-chocolate and espresso (the UK telephone box didn’t work though!) We stayed the night at Half Moon Bay, so the next day we had just a short drive to skirt through San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge.
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