Beach Time
I got beach time in on Sunday, and while I'm glad I went it was crazy. The freeway there is called 17, and was a parking lot. So I went crazy and decided to go 101 south to 1 north, which takes me about 100 miles out of my way or something. It took me almost 3 times as long as usual, and it was in the mid 90's the whole way. I actually did enjoy the trip, driving through the middle of nowhere CA. There's a surprising amount of middle of nowhere CA land, which is weird for me being from the Bay Area where there is no extra space at all hardly and land is more valuable than gold.
Once I got there it took 45 minutes trying to find parking near a beach. I finally gave up and went to a restaurant there. I was able to actually walk to the beach from there, so risked getting a ticket for staying so long at Saturn Cafe and went to the beach. It was magical, even with all the crowds:) Then I walked around more, but when I tried to go home 17 was still a parking lot at 8pm. So I killed time in a cafe till 10:30, and headed home. I slept amazingly well that night:)
Once I got there it took 45 minutes trying to find parking near a beach. I finally gave up and went to a restaurant there. I was able to actually walk to the beach from there, so risked getting a ticket for staying so long at Saturn Cafe and went to the beach. It was magical, even with all the crowds:) Then I walked around more, but when I tried to go home 17 was still a parking lot at 8pm. So I killed time in a cafe till 10:30, and headed home. I slept amazingly well that night:)