I have spent the last two nights in San Francisco. Thursday night I camped on Mt. Tamalpais in a state park right across the Golden Gate Bridge. Then last night crashed at my friend from Boston’s friend’s place. It all worked out great and I had a blast in the city. I saw a lot of neat stuff and really got a feel for the town. Also, it’s crazy driving on the hills here! It is like being in a movie. It was fun and I quickly got the hang of dealing with these insanely steep grades in the middle of the city.
San Francisco is definitely a unique city for a lot of reasons. I ended up liking it far more than I expected. The people here are different but a lot more fun and relaxed. You definitely notice a difference here from the east coast. I think I like San Francisco the best of all the major cities I have gone through. I can see why people like it here. It’s a good place. But I would get bored with the same weather all the time.
Anyway so now it’s time to start home. I’m going to take the southern route so I’m going to end up routing through L.A. I hope I don’t get too destroyed with traffic but it is a distinct possibility since I ended up getting a really late start today. No worries though, it’ll be fine. So far I think I will make my target.
This is the end of the tourist part of my trip. If I see something interesting that isn’t out of my way, I’ll stop at it. But I have no specific destinations or sites to see from here on out. I just want to drive on road I haven’t been before. That’s my only real requirement.
Well, time to get started coming home.