California

I am currently in California (June 2009). I entered at Donner's Pass and will leave through the Death Valley. I plan to go as far north the Oregon border and as far south as the Mexican border.

I got there by traveling the full length of I-80.

I visited San Francisco first. The Fisherman's Market area is a must see. If you like, you rent a bicycle and ride it ovet the Golden Gate Bridge. Ther are tour boats that will take you to Alcatraz. There are many places to dine. The "curviest road" is a fake. They took a normal road and then placed brick areas (with very nice flowers and other plants) along the block in order to make it "curvy". There is another road in the city that is supposed to really be the "curviest road", but it is not in the tourist area and I did not see it.

I then went to Palo Alto and toured Stanford.

Next I drove through the Napa Valley, which was nice and then over to the coast and up US 101. I stayed at Prairie Creek campground in the redwoods. This was the best part of my visit to California. Found a nice Mexican restaurant in Orick.

I then drove down the coast and stayed in Marina (near Monterey). Then I drove mostly along the coast to Pasadena. The drive along the coast from Monterey to Morro Bay is nice. The mountains come right down to the ocean, but there a few cattle farms on some flatlands.

LA is a busy palce and I went to Hollywood Blvd. and the Sunset Strip. I stayed in Pasadena and ate at Tommy's Burgers.

I thne drove south to San Diego, as far south as Imperial Beach. the Mission Beach section of San Diego is crowded, so arrive early in the day if you want to see that area.

I then drove to Death Valley, which is also very scenic.

California is very scenic, but they need to remove the people!