Today is Tuesday -- I think

We are having a blast. Just wantd you all to know that. If that's all you wanted to know, stop reading now

If you're still reading, and you're home being responsible working and feeding the dog and whatnot; you should be feeling extreme amounts of jealousy. Cause so far the riding is great, the weather cool but that's why we have leather and the roads have been amazing.

After we left Santa Barbara, we rode north a ways and then on advice from Gene, we headed into the Santa Barbara county wine country. It was much warmer and sunnier than on the coast and the roads he sent us on was fun. We had breakfast at the Cold Spring Tavern which was great, we got the best table in the house - mostly because we got there before he rest of the bikers and it was such a cute place. For all you history buffs, it was also originally a stage stop for the Wells Fargo stage. It is still those buildings that they use for the restaurant, bar and gift shop. Great place to stop.

We rode and rode and rode and just make our tour time at the Hearst Castle. Which, as advertised was more than any one family should ever try to live in. They didn't really live there but that's a long story.

Sunday morning, we headed up the Pacific Coast Highway in very thick fog; it wasn't raining but I had water running all over my bike and the leathers were wet. Another good reason to wear leather!! It stayed foggy most of the day. I'm sure the scenery was great even though we couldn't really see it. The road was fun to ride and we didn't get distracted since we couldn't see anything else. We stopped in Monterey Bay and tried to visit the aquarium but the line was up the street and aroound the corner so we opted for walking around the wharf instead. Very cute and touristy. When we got up to Santa Cruz, we met a man at a gas station off the freeway who directed us onto CA9 and through Big Basin State Park, back onto CA9 and then on to CA35 - Skyline DR all the way up to San Francisco,. It was COLD. However, it was a great road. .