and so to San Francisco

Well, this will in two parts. The first will be about getting to SF and the second, about our part day here.

First getting here. We left Oakland with a plan of where we wanted to go. We set off following the satnav. It took us up and over the Bay Bridge. That's as good as The Golden Gate Bridge but less well known to the rest of the world. A new bridge is being built along side it to replace it. We headed south down through the city and down the peninsula. We stopped at one vista point to admire the view. A little later we turned off and started along Skyline Boulevard. Soon after we started on it we pulled off into a village and picked up a coffee and a fruit and custard pastry, hmmmm, delicious.

We rose further and further; the road twisted and turned tightly in places; we were in a forest and the views were quite something. After a while the satnav announced we had reached our destination. I knew that we hadn't.

We choose to go on a little further and spotted a vista point. As we pulled in I knew we had reached our destination. It was Skegg'sPoint! For a long time I've seen this mentioned and wanted to visit it. Now we had the time and ability to get there. The view from the point was obscured now due to tree growth but it looked quite spectacular what we could see. we had our coffee and pastry. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and it was lovely and warm

After a short time we headed off. We had decided to drive to SF via Half Moon Bay. It was a lovely drive down and we pulled into the town. A very touristy sort of place but nothing special. On we drove to SF.