Day 23 Bodega Bay and Santa Rosa

We were off early for what would be a pretty intense 180 mile drive down the northern coast of California.The 22 mile section over the mountains between Leggett and the coast had the most extreme twists and turns that I ever driven.  It's beautiful with Redwoods and all, but it seems as though nobody really wants to drive it. We saw a total of seven automobiles for the entire 22 miles. Then the 120  miles drive down the coast to Bodega Bay is no picnic either. Turnpike Trance is not a possibility on this part of Route 1. It again was spectacular with lots of variety, the northern part is wooden and the southern is more like pastureland, and all very rugged. We completed our 800 mile Pacific Coast trip from the Columbia River to Bodega Bay in four fabulous days. It's well worth doing with spectacular scenery everywhere.

We marked the end of the drive at The Tides Wharf in Bodega Bay. I had a Seafood Chowder that was tasty and would have been better if it actually had seafood. A bust. Sylvia, still a little woozy, had a salad and chicken. Afterwards we started back east by heading over to Santa Rosa. We expected to have a nice dinner there, but I seemed to have caught whatever Sylvia had and crashed as soon as we checked in. We've traveled over 4000 miles so far. I think we'll go to Bakersfield tomorrow and decide then whether to take Route 40 or 10 back towards Austin or San Antonio. That's another 1800 miles.