LA to San Francisco via Monterey (California)

Day 5 Wednesday 7th August - Los Angeles to Monterey

Day 6/7/8 Thurs, Friday, Saturday 8th - 10th August - San Francisco

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On the road to Monterey

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 Santa Barbara - had as great lunch here at The Sand Bar - great Mexican!

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 LouLou's Griddle in the Middle - Kirby found this place on the interwebs so we just had to give it a go!

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 All the food is cooked in front of you by these friendly gents.  They do BIG breakfasts...

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 ... as you can tell by the size of Brianna's choc chip pancake (US5.95).  This is a No stack but you can get a 2 stack or 3 stack. My Lord!

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 Finally in San Francisco, we had a hop on/hop off bus pass so took a tour...

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 There are so many beautiful buildings in SF, very French.

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 Sausalito, bay area San Francisco.

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 Trolley car

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 Golden Gate Park (Japanese Tea Gardens)

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 Coloured houses - no two seem the same.  All used to be made of timber until the great fire and earthquake of 1906.  In later times they have been built and rebuilt using a fibreglass type panelling.

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 All aboard the trolley car!

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 Pier 43

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 The Golden Gate Bridge

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 The Painted Ladies, Alamo Square.

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 Alcatraz island and prison

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 Close quarters, all living in one room ...

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 Our pantry! Gus would do a Starbucks run for coffee and bagels each morning.  I had cheese and crackers for nibbles.

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Trolley car fun!

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Joolz xx