California - 2

Well yesterday we left off in Santa Cruz with the art theatres and of course, the "Pink Lady"

Just out of Santa Cruz is the Brookdale Lodge where a rippling stream runs through the dining room

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A ghost is supposed to inhabit the dining area but they don't play that up

The lodge was somewhat rundown but the food was beautifully prepared and wonderful in taste

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Near Salinas is a wildlife park with five star tents and thanks to one of our daughters we stayed there on an anniversary

You could hear the lions roaring all night and we were able to play with a beautiful Elephant named Lisa

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This was one of the greatest of all nights we have ever spent anywhere anytime and is one of our treasured memories

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We drove the coast through San Francisco and we have been to Twin Peaks

We have driven from Watsonville to Merced across the desert past the damn into Yosemite

We have walked Fisherman's Wharf and been to the Giants Baseball Park and to the flea market in Napa

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We have bought tires and been disappointed in the Flea Market in San Jose

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Then we have gone to Muir's Woods and then up the coast line

We have driven 1 all the way to Eureka through the Redwood National Park

All the way to Oregon not even knowing where 1 ended and 101 began

We have stopped and taken pictures of the ocean and the trees

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We spent the night in Eureka at least three times

We have enjoyed a delicious icy as we drove these roads

We have passed Biker's on a Biking Weekend, Hells Angels among others

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We have looked down upon San Francisco from Twin peaks in complete awe

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The Golden Gate Bridge is a place we have often driven upon and always stopped at the rest area

Once there were youth and a dancing priest all singing as they prepared for a youth festival

We have been through Haight- Ashbury and loved every smell and second of it

Chinatown, The trolley cars, and driven the winding road now closed many times

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We looked for a home on a hillside in Oakland once

We walked the Ano Nuevo Reserve loop one hot day and enjoyed the elephant seals

We have camped in Big Basin Redwoods State park and fought off the mosquitoes there

We have eaten three times at Scopazzi's an incredible restaurant in Boulder Creek

We have even enjoyed driving Bear Creek Road across to 17

Once we drove over Treasure Island on the Bay Bridge

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Whale Watching out of Monterrey provided much enjoyment

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Once we took my brother for dinner San Francisco

California is a magical place and tomorrow I will remember the National parks and Reno