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Day 5
The next morning, I woke up really early and left the Whale Watchers Inn while it was still foggy, in the hopes that there would not be many other cars on my drive through the curvy roads. The result was a magical drive out of the Big Sur area. It almost seemed like things were moving in slow motion, and I only saw one other car the whole time.
Testing the iPad travel pod app
... Thursday morning. We've got way too much "stuff" and need to pare it down for our trip. I plan on updating our travel pod as frequently as we can. I do know that it's more limited using our ipad than if we had brought a laptop, but we're going to give it a try ...
Night 19: Tale of 2 Wharfs
... We raced back to our meter, fed it, and walked on to Pier 39. This pier has been refit much like Chicago's Navy Pier. It has all the tourist traps that cost way too much money. It does have a few free things to do. There are always street performers here. There are great views of Alcatraz and the activity in the bay. The best thing, though, is to go down to the docks on the west side of the pier where a team of California sea lions have taken up residence. They ...
Central Coastin' California
... out. We went there after and it really lived up to its rep! Haha
We woke up early in Santa Barbara and I was feeling especially energetic. I think because it was a really warm morning and we had spent the whole previous day driving so I went for a lovely run along the coast. Then I discovered some tennis courts so Cam and I had a quick game, followed by breakfast and some Frisbee in the park and all before 9.30am!
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We LIKE this place!
... but fortunately, it was only a short distance. The RV park was easy to find and we were checked in and settled in no time.
As we were setting up, I kept hearing this sound, like barking dogs. It took me a minute to figure out it was actually barking seals and sea lions. That's how close we are to the sea - could hardly wait to get across the street to see it.
The RV Park is lovely. It's quite large and also fairly full. The sites are ...