Redwoods

I picked up a hire car at the airport and drove down to Palo Alto where my friend Simon has just moved from Edinburgh. Over lunch he suggested I take the Old La Honda Road over the hills to the coast. It was impressively windy, with amazing trees and views.

Then I followed the Cabrillo highway down the coast to Marina. I stopped at amazing beaches and got stuck in rush hour at Santa Cruz. Tonight I ate sand dabs, a Pacific relative the haddock, at an 'Italian' diner staffed exclusively by Hispanics.