Welcome back, glad you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful state. What sights did you see while you were here?
Well we saw a lot...
Started in San Francisco and did all of the touristy city stuff - although I am not a fan of big cities SF is very nice.
Then we went south down the coast towards Monterey and stayed in Carmel before driving down Highway 1 with the awesome sights of Big Sur. Montery aquarium is fantastic, especially seeing the huge tuna and mahi mahi and even more so for a mad keen fisherman!
Then we headed inland to visit Sequoia and Kings Canyon National parks which were stunning, especially the giant trees.
Then headed north up the general's highway to Yosemite for a few days...absolutely stunning and we stayed in a lovely little town called Mariposa which was probably the friendliest place we visited...I especially liked the town stores which only appeared to sell alcohol, tobacco and rifle ammo!
We then spent a night in Napa on our way over to the Humbolt Redwood National Park to see the coastal redwoods and the avenue of the giants and then a night in Fort Bragg before heading back to SF.
Highlights for me were the scenery, both coastal and national parks and also the marine mammals - we don't have quite so many over here and we were lucky enought to see seals, sea lions, otters, grey whales, orca, humpback whales and dolphins, all from the shore and only 100yds or so out. Lovely to see.
We had all weathers as well from below freezing in Yosemite to a heatwave in Napa / on the coast.
California is definitely somewhere I will be coming back to, most likely the Monterey coastal area for a little longer and hopefully manage to fit in some fishing next time!
OD
