april 15th 2019
Templeton CA to Clayton, CA 296 Miles
Having gone to sleep at 11pm last night, I slept until 7am with just one 2 minute wake up at 4am. It’s a miracle, and instead of feeling zombie yet awake I feel knackered, just as normal folk do in the morning. I am genuinely pleased with that. It must have something to do with this lovely place we are staying in.
We left this lovely house at 9am and set forth for Cambria, which we reached before 10. Had a good breakfast at a café I’ve been in before I think. Then, fully laden with eggs, bacon and potatoes, we set about Highway 1 going north. Mick drove most of it, while I failed to take pics with camera as I’d forgotten to charge it! Luckily, I got a few on phone, but that is going to run out of space very soon so I’m being conservative with it. Stunning scenery of course, and weather good. Lots of tourist cars and a few trucks on this winding two lane road. We changed over drivers for about 40 miles to Salinas, where we stopped for coffee at $1 each for some reason, and then Mick took back the controls and drove the rest of the way to Clayton, sometimes in rain and for a long time in slow moving jam on Highway 101. Our delay meant that we also met traffic coming back from the City at Walnut Creek so it was slow going up Ignacio Valley Rd too.
Arrived at Carylon's at 5pm – she was delighted to see us but met with the news that Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was burning and had been ablaze for 5 hours or so. Sad. The spire has fallen and there is immense damage – roof gone etc.
Carylon cooked us a delicious meal of meatloaf while we chatted about our journey and what her plans are for the summer in Europe. Told her the police officer joke from Chicago, which is still hilarious, the fact that my accent caused the girl serving us to think I was a police officer, as in …”Please can I have some bacon on the side” (police – can I have some bacon on the side?) There it was, on the receipt, the words Police Officer Discount!
Drank some wine and beer, Carylon left for Vanessa’s and we played a couple of games of crib. Of course I led by a margin in first before becoming stalled with crap scores, and then Mick won it with last hand when I needed 8 to win on first take but could get only 7!! I did manage to win the second game, to make it 14-6, just a thrashing instead of humiliation.
Having gone to sleep at 11pm last night, I slept until 7am with just one 2 minute wake up at 4am. It’s a miracle, and instead of feeling zombie yet awake I feel knackered, just as normal folk do in the morning. I am genuinely pleased with that. It must have something to do with this lovely place we are staying in.
We left this lovely house at 9am and set forth for Cambria, which we reached before 10. Had a good breakfast at a café I’ve been in before I think. Then, fully laden with eggs, bacon and potatoes, we set about Highway 1 going north. Mick drove most of it, while I failed to take pics with camera as I’d forgotten to charge it! Luckily, I got a few on phone, but that is going to run out of space very soon so I’m being conservative with it. Stunning scenery of course, and weather good. Lots of tourist cars and a few trucks on this winding two lane road. We changed over drivers for about 40 miles to Salinas, where we stopped for coffee at $1 each for some reason, and then Mick took back the controls and drove the rest of the way to Clayton, sometimes in rain and for a long time in slow moving jam on Highway 101. Our delay meant that we also met traffic coming back from the City at Walnut Creek so it was slow going up Ignacio Valley Rd too.
Arrived at Carylon's at 5pm – she was delighted to see us but met with the news that Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was burning and had been ablaze for 5 hours or so. Sad. The spire has fallen and there is immense damage – roof gone etc.
Carylon cooked us a delicious meal of meatloaf while we chatted about our journey and what her plans are for the summer in Europe. Told her the police officer joke from Chicago, which is still hilarious, the fact that my accent caused the girl serving us to think I was a police officer, as in …”Please can I have some bacon on the side” (police – can I have some bacon on the side?) There it was, on the receipt, the words Police Officer Discount!
Drank some wine and beer, Carylon left for Vanessa’s and we played a couple of games of crib. Of course I led by a margin in first before becoming stalled with crap scores, and then Mick won it with last hand when I needed 8 to win on first take but could get only 7!! I did manage to win the second game, to make it 14-6, just a thrashing instead of humiliation.
