We picked up the car and headed out of San Francisco down highway one. We had asked for an "intermediate" but I think we got upgraded as we have a Buick Lucerne CXS, which is an enormous beast (4.6 litre V8!!!) with all the whistles and dials. We drove down as far as Pacific Grove on Thursday and visited Monterey Bay Aquarium on Friday morning (which was really, really great) before heading down through Big Sur to spend a night in San Simeon yesterday. We started today with a truly epic breakfast at a traditional US diner (neon sign, darkened windows, booths, chairs that spin round etc) and then went walking in Montana Oro State Park. We're now in San Luis Obispo, a biggish town a little further down the coast. It's graduation weekend apparently, which is why all the motels have been booked up in advance and means we have to spend the night in a dorm (but in quite a nice hostel). I would try to describe the beauty of the California coast but I don't think it's really possible, so hopefully the pictures (when we finally upload them) will do it some justice.
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