San Simeon to San Francisco, California

Not many miles driven today, but we still didn't make it to San Francisico until 7:00PM. Our motel is actually in Daly City, which is right next to San Francisico. We started driving this morning at 9:00AM after grabbing some donuts at a store near our motel. It was real foggy most of the morning, so a lot of the scenic views along the coast didn't amount to much more than winding roads through the clouds. The fog broke a few times and we were able to get some nice pictures eventually. By the time we got to Carmel it was mostly sunny and beautiful. We stopped for photos 5 or 6 times. The road was quite twisty in places, so we took it easy. We also stopped at Santa Cruz to visit the famous boardwalk and ride a few rides. Traffic and parking were horrible, especially for a Sunday. We rode the new Haunted Castle, The Giant Dipper Roller Coaster, The Swing Ride and the Hurricane Coaster. Santa Cruz Boardwalk is an old style oceanside amusement park that they've kept in great shape. It seems to be very popular with families and was very crowded today. After leaving Santa Cruz we headed for our motel near San Francisco. Traffic was terrible. I'm not sure what the problem was, but it took a couple hours to go around 60 miles. We checked in to our rooms to find out they had chosen us as the guests of the day. Woo Hoo! They even had a sign posted in the lobby with our name on it. That's a first for us. We'll be here 2 nights so we skipped the pool and had dinner at Outback. We'll be up early tomorrow to swim and sightsee.