Tuesday December 25th
Got on the road about 10am; per usual it was raining although as we drove it started and stopped innumerable times. We stayed on I-80 into Oakland and then crossed the bay on the Oakland Bay Bridge. That is the double decker bridge which had parts of it missing after the 1989 earthquake which we witnessed on TV.
Once we were in San Francisco I watched for directions to US-101 which goes N to Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge. Unfortunately there was construction and even though we were following the signs for 101 we lost it in the maze and ended up traveling E on Mission Street until we couldn't go any farther and then W on Embarcadero Street until we finally had to stop and orient ourselves with the GPS. So Cathey got to see all the street people along Mission Street and all the tourists along Embarcadero Street. Despite it being Christmas Day, many of the restaurants and fast food places were open and doing quite well from what we could see.
Once we got back on 101, we drove over the Golden Gate bridge headed N. We had a comfort/lunch stop in Sausalito at a little store that served a houseboat community. Then we looked at the map and decided to take CA-37 around the N end of San Pablo Bay to reconnect with I-80 N of Oakland. Most of that portion of the trip was thru flat marsh land. actually there is a great deal of wetlands between Sacramento and the Bay area since this is the area where several rivers end before they dump into the bay.
Stopped at a Denny's near Fairfield and had supper then headed back to the KOA, arriving shortly before dark. Cathey commented that it was a unique Christmas Day experience!
No comments:
Post a Comment