Half Moon Bay, CA

I love these wind-sculpted cypress trees!

Allegedly, October is the best time, weather wise, to visit San Francisco, where it’s cool and foggy/cloudy much of the time – including now.  However, our usual summer itinerary has us returning home mid Sept and not ready to saddle up and hit the road again in Oct.  Besides, the weather in Lake Havasu City is perfect then; perfect for us, anyway, very warm and dry.

Trish and Mary Kay at Land’s End

So here we are and the weather is as advertised.  Actually, not advertised: you won’t find the Chamber of Commerce and travel industry folks trumpeting the dreary weather Trish and I are now ‘enjoying.’  Enough whining, we’re here visit family and friends who live in the Bay Area, and enjoying it immensely.

Looking across Half Moon Bay, Pillar Point in background, far left

We’re camped at Half Moon Bay State Beach, 25 miles south of downtown SFO.  Our campsite may be the best one here, our huge rear window looking straight out at the ocean, where we see the occasional northbound whale.

The Santa Cruz Mountains, above, are part of the Coast Range, not much as mountains go but towing the RV over them was tedious due to narrow, winding roads with lots of stoplights and suicidal cyclists zipping along, sans bike lane and road shoulder, coming within centimeters of our extended towing mirrors.

Niece Mary Kay moved here from Beijing several months ago; she lives with Lawrence in a lovely, spacious home near the Golden Gate Nat'l Recreation Area.  Mike, son of Patty (my ex), moved here several years ago after getting his EE degree at UC Davis.  He, his wife Flannery and 4-year old daughter Tabby have a home in Alameda.  Trish, Mary Kay and I visited them last night and were treated to a delicious dinner.

We're outta here this AM, heading south along the coast on highway 1 to the Monterey/Salinas area for a few days.