Day 2 Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo.

Day 2 started a little later than originally anticipated, because our extended hang out session in the City. We first headed to Santa Cruz, it was a great opportunity to show Jason some of the stereotypical California lifestyle. As expected there were plenty of people out surfing and generally having a good time. It was a great opportunity to warm up my new Canon T1i .

Hanging in Santa Cruz!

This shot was taken as a rapid succession shot. The waves were big today.

Then we went on to Pebble Beach, a very famous golf course, which is well known for it's lone Cypress tree. It was really cool to see it in day light, as last time I came through here, the sun was setting.  It was a very impressive resort, with a beautiful beach side 18th hole. How anyone gets a good golf score here is beyond me. Personally I wouldn't want to deprive my eyes of the scenery by focusing on golf.

18th hole

The Pebble beach Restaurant

Here's the well know "Lone Cypress Tree", if you look closely it's being held up by wires..

Next we headed off to a quint little town affectionately names Carmel-by-the-Sea. According to Wikipedia Clint Eastwood was Mayor or a brief period in the 80's. It's a very picturesque place, just look at the architecture.

Very beautiful architecture.

 

Jason standing in the coridor.

From there we drove up to San Luis Obispo also known as SLO. We didn't do much there, because we were so tired and hungry from the drive. When we got there, it was after 7pm on a holiday in a small town, so nothing was open. Unfortunately this means we missed out on the whole American Thanksgiving Turkey feast. In a move typically only seen in television, we opted for Chinese food as an alternative. Can't say it was the best food I've had, but at least is was better than waiting 12 hours for something to open up.  (No pictures unfortunately).




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Real *Canadian* Road trip Part 1

Finally got a 4 day holiday which I really needed (as my lack of blogging probably indicates)

Jason Cook, a friend of mine from Toronto, came out to visit, and we went on a road trip down the coast to Santa Monica / Los Angles. It was a fantastic opportunity to try my new camera, the Canon T1i.

When Jason and I travel (as we did to Europe a few years back) we don't just sit back and smell the roses, no, we go hard seeing everything we possibly can in the little time we have. It's the same mentality we both share in our work and elsewhere in life. It's probably why we get along so well.

The first night after thoughtfully avoiding the long line at the airport arrivals ( by instead going to the departures ) We first went over to Mike Jutan's to hang out and grab some grub at Mel's Diner. It's a frequent destination of mine when showing people from out of town a little bit of San Francisco.

Here I am smiling for the camera as Jason tries to choose what to eat.

Jason's enjoying his shake, while Mike can't contain his excitement for his sundae.

Hanging out at Mike's place.

It would have been an average night, but that's not the way Jason or I do things. We decided to leave as early as possible in the morning to start on our way.

To be continued!