California Coast!

Heading from the Grand Canyon to the California Coast was a fun drive. The first few hundred miles were just dry and barren desert. We stayed in a Walmart parking lot near the San Bernadino Valley and headed out toward the coast the following day.

I see palm trees!

We headed to 101..

and enjoyed the lovely scenery

We decided to take Highway 1 for a more 'scenic route'.. it ended up being quite windy and steep but after the 65 miles of white knuckles on dad's part, we all agreed that the view and drive were worth it!

Even Brighty, first time out of the Grand Canyon, enjoyed the view

We had many chances to stop and whale watch.. that was probably the children's favorite part of this leg of the journey.

 

We finally reached the Monterey area.. passed Salinas and found a nice RV Park. It had been a few days so it was nice to fill the water tank, empty the septic and recharge our batteries! literally :-) The place had a nice duck pond, playground and even free laundry and shower services. Pretty good for $30 per night!

We found this great produce stand and stocked up on inexpensive locally grown grapes, watermelon, strawberries, and much much, much more! All for under $30! Much of the things we found were considered past date and therefore only .50 per lb! Mmm!

What a great find! Now if I only I hadn't sold my Vita-Mix at the garage sale in BZ>>>>>> :-)