Making My Way through Californ-I-A!

Sometimes the journey is all the fun.

On the 15th, I spent 15 hours of travel time getting from Detroit to Monterey. I landed in Monterey and was greeted by my dad and his 9-ton home on wheels. That night we stayed at a Super8 motel in Salinas because we booked too late (only 3 months in advance) and cost in that area for the weekend were so High! But we were in good company. The parking lost was full of Porsches, a Maseratis and many other racing vehicles. We were in the midst of a weekend full of not only the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, but also the Monterey Historic Automobile Race and the county fair (this is a different county than you might be used to!). Sunday we enjoyed the Concours and then began a 4-day drive south down the costal highway to Torrance. We couldn't make it 5 miles at a time without being passed by a Corvette, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari...

Along the way, dad and I camped at Big Sur, Pismo Beach and Lake Casitas. It was a little cool for us along the coast, so we went inland and up until we reached the mid-90's at 5000 foot altitude. Here, the weather was perfect.