PCH roadtrip itenerary.

so this was my roadtrip list! and not including san diego. i took a little less than 2000 photos. still selecting what to upload coz they're all so nice. i am in love with california sky - turquoise which happens to be my favorite color at the moment. make that my favorite color combination - turquoise and red-orange. aaaah! like the golden gate bridge. it can't be more perfect than that.

Day 1 of Roadtrip

Jesse & Third’s – Rancho Cucamonga
[x] find out Third’s address: xxxxx Church St. #xxx Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
[x] leave at 9 am to avoid rush hour traffic
[x] hydrant

Santa Monica Pier - 200 Santa Monica Pier, Suite A Santa Monica, CA 90401
[x] Sta Monica Pier – take photo with sign
[ ] Take sophie on the carousel ride we got there way too early, still closed
[x] hydrant
[ ] penny machine didn't have any but i got an ornament

Point Dume, Malibu From Santa Monica follow Pacific Coast Highway 18-miles west to Westward Beach Road. Turn toward the ocean; go beyond the fee collection station to the very end of the road. From the 101-Freeway, exit at Kanan Road, follow it south 12-miles to Pacific Coast Highway, then turn right. Westward Beach Road is over the rise, at the foot of the hill.
[x] take photo of edge

Solvang - 1639 Copenhagen Drive, Solvang, CA 93463
[x] photo with windmill
[x] lunch
[x] eat aebleskievers
[x] hydrant
[x] penny machine
also got a pair of cute wooden shoes that i will turn into an ornament

Pismo Beach – can drive to shore
[ ] Monarch Butterflies – in season? The Monarch Butterfly Grove is located in the extreme southern end of the City of Pismo Beach just off Hwy 1. Free parking is available inside the North Beach Campground, just north of the Trees. way too tired and not in season
[x] hydrant

San Luis Obispo
[ ] Mission Plaza - 751 Palm Street San Luis Obispo CA, 93401 decided to skip this one, will do a separate missions trip
[ ] Bubble Gum Alley - 700 block of Higuera Street San Luis Obispo, CA ???

Inn at Morro Bay - 60 State Park Road Morro Bay, CA 93442 800-321-9566

Day 2 of Roadtrip

Morro Bay
[x] take picture of Morro Bay Rock
[x] Cayucos - Main St. – breakfast maybe?
[x] Elephant Seal Rookery - elephantseal.org 250 San Simeon Ave. # 3B San Simeon, CA 93452
[x] Piedras Blancas Lighthouse 15950 Cabrillo Hwy San Simeon, CA 93452

Big Sur
[x] Ragged Point
[x] Big Sur Point- take photo
[x] Point Lobos State Park – “greatest meeting of water and land”
[x] Big Creek Bridge
[x] lunch at Nepenthe Restaurant 48510 Highway One, Big Sur, California restaurant was still closed at 10:30 am
[x] Point Sur Lighthouse
[x] take picture of Bixby Bridge
[x] take picture of Monterey Peninsula

Carmel
[ ] It’s Cactus Store 22748 Portola Dr. Salinas,CA. 93908
[x] Carmel by the sea - http://www.carmelcalifornia.com/index.cfm/photoalbum.htm
[ ] Barnyard 3618 The Barnyard Carmel, CA 93923
[ ] Point Pinos Lighthouse
1. Continue North on U.S. 101
2. Take Monterey Peninsula Exit
3. Follow Signs to Monterey Peninsula/CA Route 68 West
4. Continue on CA Route 68 West [Monterey-Salinas Highway]
5. Merge Left Onto CA Route 1 [Cabrillo Highway]
6. Take CA Route 68 WEST (Pacific Grove/Pebble Beach) Exit
7. Turn Right onto CA Route 68 WEST into Pacific Grove
[x] Pebble Beach
had lunch at carmel by the sea and decided to do the 17 mile drive!

Santa Cruz skipped this
[ ] Beach Boardwalk 400 Beach St. in Santa Cruz, California
[ ] Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Emen & Roy’s - xxxx Seneca Park Loop Fremont, CA 94538

Day 3 & 4 - San Francisco

San Francisco
[x] Golden Gate Bridge
[x] Fisherman’s Wharf
[x] Pier 39
[ ] Ride the Cable Car took pix instead
[x] Lombard St – Crookedest st. we actually drove the road
[x] Girardheli Square
[x] Victorian Houses
[ ] Haight Ashbury
[x] Cliff House - 1090 Point Lobos • San Francisco, CA 94121
[x] Camera Obscura
[ ] mission District
[x] San Jose – Sta. Clara Valley Hospital
we actually did the tour bus and went around the whole of downtown san francisco including china town, tenderloin, financial district and union square
crossed the golden gate bridge to sausalito
did the 39 mile scenic drive
went through the infamous filipino city, daly city