After our yummy complimentary hotel breakfast, Tito Buddy and I went back to Monterey Bay for a daylight visit. We stopped by the Ghirardelli shop for some coffee, also to buy treats for family and friends in Southern California. It was going to be a long drive home, we planned to take the scenic Pacific Coast Highway and also view the well-know...

Okay, we left here at about 11:30 pm, and just headed on down the road. Drove all night, stopping for gas and to eat food and other necessary stuff. Route 1 was very foggy, so I totally missed the turn for 156 East. Went along a while and thought, uhm, I think we're in Santa Cruz... yep, we were. So, we went over Rt. 17, instead. Then we ended u...