On the road south...

Started the day with a ride on the tram for the boys and I, while Grant went off in search of coffee; tram the only form of transport in San Fran that is not accessible. Then it was into the car and heading south on the Pacific Coastal Highway. Not one u-turn required today, we are getting the driving and navigating sorted! The journey was spectacular, a bit like the Kiakoura road, but on a much grander scale and lots of high up driving by cliffs. We stopped at Monterey to visit the aquarium, sea-life like we had never seen in NZ or Australian aquariums. We had to do a high speed tour, as the trip south to Morro Bay was the best bit of the road and we wanted to get most of it done before dark. It gets dark here at 5pm! The aquarium and the drive were both fabulous. To top off a great day, we ate dinner at a local Mexican place, the best food and the cheapest so far. I decided that if Dad ever did this trip, he would need to go in a bus or let someone else drive, as his eyes would be drawn from the road to the view too often and it is a long, steep and rocky way down to the ocean from the edge of the road. Tomorrow we will be able to have a slower start, then we are off to visit a castle before continuing the drive south.