Dull day, at least thats how the day started.
Driving is only for a relatively short distance today so that I decided to avoid as much as possible
the highway system in and around St.Monica/San Francisco to the extend possible.
I started in an westerly, coastal, direction via the Route 101 ( again ) to Petaluma. A small city
with a nice Main Street where imposing old bank building from the early 19th century have been
converted into shops. In one case into a “Seed Bank” ( one can buy seeds for plants in this establishment )
or a “Vintage Bank”, a shop selling antiques and bric-brac. Unique ideas !
Leaving the 101 I drove a little byway towards Nicasio, a small, no, no city, rather a hamlet at the Nicasio
reservoir. Almost empty ! Rain is definitely needed whereby the light drizzle I had since leaving Rohnert
Park doesn’t help at all. BTW: the huge forest fires in the news are mentioning the greater San Francisco
area. Depending how ones defines greater area but the fires are about 110 miles north of San Francisco !
Leaving Nicosia behind me rather quickly the puzzle and puzzle of the San Francisco area highway system caught
up with me and after week long driving on small roads huge highways with three to four lanes and irretating
spaghetti junctions took over. Despite these irritations I managed to find ( thanks to my trusted GPS lady ) the
Interstate leading to the Golden Gate Bridge. Before crossing the bridge I took a little detour via Sausalito,
a charming but expensive little town. In the meantime it had starting clearing up and from the ferry landing one
could see the SF skyline, still a bit clouded but visible.
Having crossed the bridge I followed the highways towards San Mateo where I had the cross the San Francisco Bay
to my final destination Hayward where I had booked accommodation for the next few days. SF is to expensive and
is considerably cheaper in Hayward which is nicely connected via the BART ( Bay Area Rapid Transit ) trains to SF
downtown.
Weather forecast for the next couple of days: sunny with temperatures around 65-69 F. Ideal for sightseeing.
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