The Scenic Route

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I have not really talked much about the driving portion of this trip, which is deceiving because there has been a good deal of driving.  I think thus far we have put on about 13,000 miles since we bought Monkey Motion in January.  This latest leg I decided to tack on a few extra and take the scenic route up the coast of California… Highway 1 here I come.  If any of you have ever taken Highway 1 you know that it is slow, windy going.  I would not suggest it to anyone who is prone to motion sickness. 

Despite the additional time, it is a wonderful drive. The scenery is gorgeous and the road itself is a bit more mentally engaging than the interstate.  

I took the lovely coastal route north from the Bay Area (I had to go back to retrieve some forgotten necessities and in the process got an exhaust system overhaul, Monkey Motion now has a very shiny muffler!) to the Redwood National Park.  Pictures from the Redwoods are shamefully limited due to the pesky darkness that comes with night.  There are some of the coastal portion of the park, which seemed very much like Homer, only with MASSIVE trees.