Where in the fog is Pacifica, California?

This last weekend Steve and I took Sophia on her first tri-state road trip. She's been to Oregon before, but never California. The occasion? Steve's great aunt Lil, who lives in San Francisco, is turning 90 this year and the family threw a huge party for her. Turns out she is another Virgo, her birthday is actually September 16th, but the gathering was held now, before the kids went back to school, so the most people could attened. The family organizers picked Pacifica, CA - on the ocean a few miles southwest of San Francisco. Easier to get to then someplace in the big city.

We took two and a half days getting there, driving down the Pacific Coast (Hwys 101 and 1) and one day hauling butt home on I-5. We had a great time. We stayed at dog-friendly motels each night. We went for walks on the beach and also hiked on trails in the desert-like dunes.

And I have chronicled the trip by photograph. You’ll notice that there are no pictures after the Golden Gate Bridge. There is so much fog this time of year, there is nothing to take a picture of – it would just be a gray screen. And coming home we were on I-5 for 12 hours, so there’s nothing to photograph there either. I hope my other pictures make up for the deficit.

This is the cutest darn garbage can I ever have seen - in Corvallis, Oregon. We stopped at Great Harvest Bread Co for lunch, across from a nice park and walking trail along the Willammette River. There were planters on both sides of the garbage cans - and they seem well maintained! Turns out Great Harvest Bread Co now makes dog biscuits (st least in Oregon). I'll be checking with the one here in West Seattle, Sophia is a huge fan of these biscuits now!