California, United States

Arrived in San Francisco
April 4, 2008 - San Francisco, California, United States
Well we arrived after a long bumpy flight!  It has been an interesting few days.  Weather is sunny but there is a chilly wind most days.  Our hotel is right in the central city which is great but it is quite noisy at night.  The city is very very busy and a diverse range of people.  There are lots of homeless people and people asking for...
Placed by Rosie & Jason in Swanson's Abroad

Downtown San Fran; Santa Cruz
April 3, 2008 - Santa Cruz, California, United States
We had to scramble the following day to find a place to stay.  All the city's hostels were booked because of Spring Break and our recent subscriptions to the Couch surfing network were not yielding any promise.   We found a bike rental shop that would let us store our saddlebags by the Warf (if you're  in San Francisco and looking for a bike...
Placed by Chris F Hansen and Britt Jones in Pacific Coast 2008

The Last of Point Reyes; the City by the Bay
April 2, 2008 - San Francisco, California, United States
We are alive. We are well.  Sorry its been much too long since we last left you all a line.  The fantastic scenery of these pictures in Point Reyes hides one very insidious truth about the place:  its steep.  Very, very steep.  You basically have to cross over a small mountain range in order to get to the ocean.  We crossed this mountain...
Placed by Chris F Hansen and Britt Jones in Pacific Coast 2008

Point Reyes
March 24, 2008 - Point Reyes Station, California, United States
Absolutely beautiful! We have been spoiled with sunshine and amazing scenery. We left off I believe in Coos Bay, where Chris had his epic crash (a few bandaids did the trick). After being soaked and rained on we decided to rent a car all the way to Petaluma. We noticed we were crying more then laughing, so we thought we'd go have some fun in the...
Placed by Chris F Hansen and Britt Jones in Pacific Coast 2008

Bliss and crashes
March 22, 2008 - Petaluma, California, United States
Newport and the Rogue beer factory- Chocolate Stout and American Amber.  Brit calls me a wimp cuz I don't like the dark beers, only the IPAs.  French fries have become one of our food groups, and hamburgers.  I hear my legs call for milkshakes and my lungs for the inhalers.  There was sun; honest to God-light-from-the-heavens-sun jutting...
Placed by Chris F Hansen and Britt Jones in Pacific Coast 2008