Back from Tucson, we were home for 30 minutes repacking stuff before heading back out in the car up Highway 1 for Northern California. We stopped at Mavericks where they have a famous surf competition every winter but the waves were small until we got up further north to Point Arena. We watched some surfers up there, saw the historic lighthouse, ate still more clam chowder and tasted lots of wine from Mendocino. When we got back from Northern California, it was time for the road trip to really begin. In keeping with our good luck, that was the day it started raining - all day bucketing. We stopped to see the elephant seals in Año Nuevo; they were huge giant seals just begin the breeding season. We got completely soaked, but the rangers took pity
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