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We reached Los Angeles this morning and spent most of the day driving up Hwy 1 on the coast, going out to Hollywood and looking around. The city was cool but not really anything we wanted to hang around for long so we decided to hit the road and drive on up to San Francisco. The day was unbelievable as far as the weather went. You’ll see from the images I’m sure. The landscape up here is the most awesome of anywhere we’ve been. I can definitely see why people love this state.
I am also in love with the roads. I’m actually one of the slower drivers on the road I think. At 90mph this is no small feet I assure you. These people out here just fly by you like you’re sitting still. You think that’s funny though, I was driving along at 85mph and looked up to see a police officer right behind me. He zipped around me like I was sitting still and continued up the road. A few minutes later another one did the same. The best part was that they road behind another driver that had zoomed by me doing at least 90mph for a few minutes, then pulled around him as he must have been going to slow for them. I assume pulling people over out here really isn’t that important.
One thing that is amazing though is how long these roads are. I started out around Texas I think, counting miles for straight stretches of road. Around New Mexico I came across an 8 mile stretch that I was quite amazed with, at least until getting into Arizona. There, I found a 15 mile stretch that I barely got counted out. I decided then that I was done counting miles as it’s the next best thing to counting sheep, and when driving 85mph it’s not really the smartest thing to do I guess. California beats the other two stretches I believe as it seemed like we drove forever before anything changed. It went by really quick though due partly to the 90+mph rate of travel and the landscape that just wouldn’t stop. I know Elizabeth was getting tired of me saying “Look at that”.
We reached San Francisco around 6:30pm here and literally the second we hit the Golden Gate Bridge it started raining. We found a hotel here in the city that was empty and they wanted $100 per night plus taxes. I told them I’d look around a bit more and they came down to $80 a night so we are staying inside the city not far from the Golden Gate. I’ve got some literature to go through in the morning to see where we’re going next but I think we’re going to use this as our base port for the next few days and go visit various things around here.
So, since it’s after midnight our time and my brain is starting to turn to mush I’m going to knock off. I hope to have nice pictures for everyone tomorrow but the guy told me that it’s suppose to rain the next few days. I’m hoping the weather men here are as good as back home… 
Hope you enjoy the pics.
–glenn hancock