DAY 10

Left Frisco today, heading south down 101 towards L.A. Before we left downtown we drove down Lombard St, which is famous for its bendiness. Were pretty cool, some steep hills there with great views. Had a quick visit to Ames NASA Exploration Centre, which was a little visitor centre next to their research place just outside of the city. Damon bought NASA socks. Now we are on highway 18 heading to Santa Cruz, Beach Boys on the stereo, Surfin’ USA. Unfortunately it is starting to rain.
Later….
Darkness has fallen; we are now 50 or 60 miles from L.A. Cruising past palm tress and neon down the highway. Had a hair raising moment back a few miles when the accelerator became unhooked and stopped working. Luckily the brakes were, and we pulled off of the freeway near a gas station. Kind of amusing if not terrifying. We thought the van was a goner but fortunately Damon fixed it and we were soon on our way. 2 highway patrol guys pulled up on their bikes asking questions. We seriously thought we were screwed for a while. Anyway back on the road now just the apprehension of L.A. looming in my mind. Driving into the jaws of death…
Today was a nice drive. We headed down back on the Pacific Coast Highway. Really beautiful, especially the windy Cliffside roads by the sea. Santa Cruz was cool. A little surfer town that seemed really picturesque. Next was Monterey Bay famous for its Pebble Beach Golf Club apparently. Had a little walk along the beach there, dipped our toes in the Pacific. Next on the road was Big Sur, also on the coast but surrounded by forests. Kerouac wrote a book called Big Sur and we also drove past the Henry Miller memorial library. So much to see and do here, but so little time.
Right now it has suddenly gotten rather foggy. It keeps doing that every now and then, just for a few miles until it suddenly clears.
More stuff to say later im sure. Its usually when im drunk I am most inspired to write stuff. Must remember to make notes at these times. It is sometimes the little details that are the best bits of the trip. Just silly little things.
Its like driving over the Golden Gate Bridge. Its was like “Oh, we have driven across the Golden Gate Bridge.” But sometimes the most inspiring moments can come to you when doing something as simple as drinking cheap gin in a bar or eating big kahuna burgers.