So we're back from a great weekend of camping and traveling around in the bus. Jeff and Tom proved willing participants in this journey and made excellent camping buddies. The first night was spent at Anthony Chabot Park outside of Castro Valley, CA. All went well in except for a stuck throttle cable in the bus on the way there. By "stuck" I actually mean "stuck wide open"! It was a bit scary, but in typical VW fashion, the problem was easily diagnosed and repaired on the side of road. Here's a shot of the first night's campsite.
For the next night, we travelled north alongside the coast for a couple of hours. Tom had an "alternate route" that was a bit unnerving but worth EVERY bit as we were treated to views that only the adventurous will ever see.
Our campsite at Sonoma County State Beach was great as well. Perhaps a bit tired from the journey, we set up camp quickly and made a meal of a dozen fresh oysters we bought at the general store. NICE! The beach was great and the surf was amazing. We wore ourselves out with some beach frizbee before settling down for another night's rest.
After a quick serenade....
It was a great weekend to remember. The next day, we slowly winded our way up Hwy 1 instead of taking the freeway. We stopped often to check out towns like Stinson and Bolinas and had the world's greatest fish 'n chips at the Sand Dollar.
It's weekends like this that turn ordinary working folk into wandering globetrotters. I can't wait to share times like these with my girls.
1 comment:
Mike- Well done on the blog. If you get up to Petaluma, look us up. We'll have to go camping together one of these days...
-Brett
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