Can't go any farther West!

Wednesday morning found us prepping to get underway after our visit with Brian & Kim. We had a great visit and our kids really didn't want to leave because they were having so much fun playing with their cousins. Thanks again, B&K, for an outstanding visit! Bev and I are hoping to make it back sometime, but next time will be on the motorcycle so we can enjoy some of the great roads out here.

We picked up our car from Performance Automotive in Modesto and all is well again. I highly recommend them to anyone who happens to need auto service while in the area!

We didn't actually hit the road until after lunch, but we were still able to make it out to the coast and ride Highway 1 from Monterey to San Simeon. Unfortunately the car repair put us a bit behind schedule, so we couldn't devote as much time this stretch of road as it deserves. We stopped at plenty of overlooks and such, but we were really hoping to have some more time to get down next to the ocean and maybe walk a bit of the beach somewhere. Even with a compressed timeline we were able to see plenty of views that make this road famous. Here's a few - visit my Flickr page for a bunch more: