TUESDAY, 5th JULY.
It was a long day's driving today on the Pacific Coast Road from Salinas to Lompoc. Our first call was to Carmel by the Sea, a pretty village with a lovely white sandy beach. From there, we drove in and out of the mist, stopping at some of the many viewpoints along the way and taking photos from the car when stopping wasn't possible. We bought take away coffee at Gorda and made and ate sandwiches a little further along the road while watching the mist rise ahead of us. We had to stop a couple of times for roadworks and saw many elephant seals at another stop, some lolling about on the beach, a few of the more lively frolicking in the water and little squirrels, obviously used to people, darting in and out of the scrub, charming everyone in sight and posing for photos. Pulling in later to San Simeon for another take away coffee we could see a pier nearby so parked and strolled along it, taking a photo or two before continuing on. At one stage we passed a 'mobile dunny', the fastest in the west....perhaps the person towing it didn't want to be caught short!
It was a lovely drive, though long and tiring. We are now in Lompoc for the night, have had an excellent fusion Asian meal at a restaurant a block away and are about to settle down for the night.
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