Road Trip Done

The road trip is done. I got back in town late Friday night after driving almost 4,000 miles (3800) in 12 days. That's quite a lot. But I did get to see some great sights, and visit with great people. After I left Oregon, I drove down the California coast to the Redwoods Nat'l Park. It was so beautiful, and the trees are so huge! In the pictures its hard to tell cause there isn't a lot of compare their sizes too. After that I made my way down to Scotts Valley, CA which is about an hour south of San Francisco, and maybe 10 mins north of Santa Cruz. There I got to stay with a lady and her son that I had met here at the ranch, Cathy and Tory. They were both so nice and made my stay so great. One morning they even brought me breakfast in bed! While I was there with them I went up to San Fran for a day and did most of the tourist stuff. Visited Fishermans Wharf, which I thought was going to be more of a fish market type place, but now its mostly restaurants and shops. There is this one pier thought that has all these sea lions hanging out. That was pretty neat to see. Also in SF is the world's crookedest street. It was neat to see. The rest of my days in CA were spent more around Santa Cruz. One day Cathy's daughter, Cara, took me around giving me a tour of the place and the other day Cathy and I went down to Monterey and checked out the Aquarium there. After Santa Cruz I headed over to Yosemite for a day, not long enough though. It was really neat. The whole place is almost like one big rock that's separated into big pieces. It would be a great place to take some hikes one day. I can definitely understand why Ansel Adams spent so much time there. After that I headed over to Las Vegas for a couple of days. That was pretty fun, I kinda liked the feeling that pretty much everyone else around was a tourist too. I went to the Margaritaville Cafe one day for lunch and learned that Jimmy Buffett was going to be in Vegas that weekend doing a concert. I thought about staying, but it was sold out of course. But I was ready to be getting back to MT, I learned that a road trip by yourself really isn't all that fun. There is a lot of time spent in the car, with nothing to do but drive and listen to music. But I guess I agree with what Thoreau once said, "The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready."