A nice clear start to the day, we decided to head out to the San Francisco bridge. This iconic red bridge that spans the bay is supported by two 3m diameter cables, that constantly require painting to prevent rust, hence the red colour. Took a brisk walk across the bridge along with many joggers and bikers. The four lane bridge is flanked by 2 wide pedestrian/cycle lanes.
In the gardens in the car park we got to see our first humming bird a mere metre away. He then went on to display by zooming straight up in the air approximately 60m and then with a kamikaze dive came hurtling down past the female. It created a buzzing sound we think probably with its wings.
We then caught our final Muni bus downtown to pick up our wheels for the next two months. Surprise, surprise it’s the ugliest SUV in the parking lot, a low slung silver and chrome Ford Flex. It has a Range Rover look, but being low slung it looks like a hearse!! As ugly as it was on the outside, it is plush and luxurious inside, fitted with every conceivable techno gadget you can imagine ie; gate and garage door remotes fitted in sun visor, voice activated gps, seat warmers, dvd player, satellite radio, reversing camera, peripheral security, keyless entry and easy capless fuel filler to name a few. Suffice to say the instruction manual is at least 2 inches thick!
Placing our faith in our new gps we head out on the “wrong” side of the road into four lane traffic. We blindly followed as the gps took us on a route through the centre of town picking the tram route to make Marc sweat even more. We turned into the Travelodge with a sigh of relief, loaded up all our purchases and headed out to the country, but not before stocking up at Safeway. We traveled along Highway 1 S which hugs the Pacific coast line. As the wind was blowing a gale and icy cold we decided to spend one last night in a motel in Monterey.
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