Today we drove from Napa to Ventura, CA.

I wanted to get on the road early so  I convinced Nat we should have breakfast in San Francisco.  I figured we could even see a thing or two along the way.

And then we passed the turn off for Sausalito and  breakfast in San Francisco was out the window.

Sausalito is a small town across the bay and to the north of San Fran.  It’s quaint, fun and has the best view of the city.  I remember falling in love with it the first time i visited (I was probably 5 years old)

Anyway, on the way there we caught a glimpse of the golden gate which was half covered in fog.  When we found an outdoor cafe that looked liek a good breakfast I realized ALL of San Francisco was covered in fog… Even though we were sitting in the sun.

Over the course of breakfast the fog started to break up.  First Alcatraz Island appeared from the fog and then some of the citie’s  skyline.  By the time we were done with breakfast the fog had completely cleared.  I couldn’t have planned it better myself.

After that we drove south over the golden gate and straight down to route 1 which runs parallel to the coast until well after LA.  The drive was beautiful – though I was surprised at the amount of ocean front land that is used for farming in northern California.  I imagined the coast would be dotted with cliff side mansions like the coast is in SoCal, but found only cows and grass.

Once we got to Ventura we had another first.  Nat’s first trip to In and Out Burger.

Turns out she wasn’t that impressed (and neither was I) as I had been hyping In and Out for over 4000 miles(I had been hyping myself up too)  Note:  It is probably a bad idea to eat at in Napa and then eat at a fast food chain (even InandOut) and expect to give someone a revelation.

Anyway I’m pretty tired and looking foreword to spending my first night in a real hote, so I’ll catch up with ya later.

-R