From San Francisco we drove south, passing the Apple campus and Steve Jobs’ old house where Apple got started. We picked up the PCH through Monterey and into Big Sur, making it as far as Nepenthe for a late lunch before our planned turnaround just before Lucia, where the road was still closed from a rockslide the year before. We looped back north to Monterey for the night.

A low layer of clouds hung over the coast the whole way, obscuring most of the views, but it made for an amazing view at Nepenthe restaurant. The next morning we did the 17 Mile Drive out of Monterey, then cut inland and headed south to Hearst Castle (part 3!)

For our first day in San Francisco, we took a small-group tour with Dylan’s Tours, which was excellent, and Adriana and I dominated the music quiz that the guide gave as we drove around. It brought us to several interesting spots around the city, a great viewpoint for photographing the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods, and Sausalito for lunch (we ate at Taste of Rome), before wrapping up at the Alcatraz ferry departure point.

On our last day, we picked up the rental car and drove to the Twin Peaks overlook for views over downtown. We also tried our luck with the Camera Obscura, but it was closed - likely due to the overcast weather (at least on that side of San Francisco).