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Published: April 18th 2019
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Weather: sunny and 50s/60s/70s/80s
States: California
Cities: Santa Cruz, Monterrey, Pebble Beach, Carmel, LA
Miles: 323 miles
Hours: 5 hrs and 21 min
Restaurant:
Hotel/Home: Springhill Suites LA/Burbank
Movies:
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So long Santa Cruz and hello highway 1. Well, it’s reputation certainly Ives up to itself. It is one of the most beautiful drives that we have ever done. It helps that we had a perfect day of blue skies,, 50s and 60s and the bluest waters you’ve ever seen We highly recommend the drive. You have every shad of blue on your right and every shade of green in the rolling hills and mountains to your left. There are some breathtaking hairpin curves where, at one second you have a lush barrier or guard rail and the next second it flattens out to a sheer cliff sending your mind to sure death. Gasp. Paul doesn’t like my gasps. We have passed through Monterrey, Carmel, Pebble beach and Big Sur. In Monterrey, we saw some sea lions basking on the beach. So cool. We stopped in Carmel for a sandwich.
There is a good chance that we are going to cut
in to an inland freeway to pick up time and have a little more relaxed drive. It is tiring driving these winding roads. Paul was trying to throw rocks over a cliff with Elizabeth and Matthew. He was terrified they were going to fall off. “Matthew!” “What?” “Do you have to grab a rock off the side of the cliff?” Grrrr. On we go.
WE CAN’T GET OFF HIGHWAY 1. HELP! It is exhausting driving the turns and it takes forever. It is beautiful but a long way. We found a route inland. Just before the turnoff was another pull-off with tons of people. We glance at the beach and there are hundreds of Sea Lions or Sea Elephants or whatever. They look like rocks on the beach. I told the kids to get out of the car, they have never seen anything like it. Both Matt and Biddy thought they were rocks. Ben was sleeping. Maybe a quarter of a mile of these beasts. So cool. That made the last part of highway 1 worth it before we got off
We started out around 9:30 and we don’t expect to get into LA until 7:30. It has
been a nice day, but when you’ve had enough, you’ve had enough. I was getting car sick too. We are meeting Cody, my nephew in LA tonight. He is coming up from San Diego and spending a couple of days with us. Yay. Two nights in LA will be nice. We don’t have to pack up.
That. Was. The. Longest. Drive. Of. Our. Lives. Funny that on the way here, we had a 15 hour drive but this ONE was torture. I hate to say that because the first couple of hours was great but curving along the coast and varying speeds and hairpin turns is exhausting.. There was NO WAY OFF. You are trapped in the beauty and horror of it all. The inland route was still another 4, count them, one, two, three, four more hours to LA. How could that be? Craze. We finally made it and met Cody at the hotel. It is a very nice Springhilll Suit’s. I managed mostly suites on this trip which means two beds and a sofa bed.. Works great. We also have a blow up mattress.. So Cody is staying with us. So good to see him. It has
been too long.. We went out to dinner at a local Thai restaurant in Burbank near our hotel. It was delicious. So was the wine. We needed that. Now we are settled in for the night. Tomorrow some LA sightseeing. Good night.
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