Northern California Road Trip

Summer 2015

By Brian Cary

August 12^th, 2015

Driving up highway 1

We started in San Luis Obispo, California. A few of us drove down from San Francisco, and Lincoln from up from Southern California where he flew into. We bar hopped in SLO and stayed in a nice hostel in town. The next day we drove up the coast through Big Sur.

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on the road

Lincoln, Blake, and Andy

Big Sur

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building camp

We drove by a popular campground overlooking the ocean that I was hoping we’d be able to stay at, but it was full. So we continued northeast to find a campground on the way to Yosemite. We happened to arrive at a motor speedway that had plenty of car camping.

outdoors at the raceway

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Lincoln finished sleeping in the truck.

mazda raceway laguna seca

We watched some motorcycle racing practice around 10am, and saw one rider crash.

the central valley

A source of so food for so many people, we drove through endless fields of different crops, and also witnessed a truck on fire on the highway.

fresh produce

Because why not?

Yosemite

We finally made it to the greatest national park in the country. Now we just need to find a campsite.

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Camping in yosemite

We obtained wilderness permits and found a backpacker’s campsite that was mostly empty.

stars at night

I couldn’t fall asleep so I spent some time photographing the stars and landscape for a couple of hours.

Driving to lake tahoe

After one night in Yosemite, we were ready to go check out Lake Tahoe. We drove through the park and north, through part of Nevada, in order to arrive at South Lake Tahoe.

hostel time

After roughing it for two nights we were ready for some creature comforts. We opted for an excellent hostel in South Lake Tahoe - the Mellow Mountain Hostel.

urban hike and food in sf

Once we arrived in San Francisco, we went on an urban hike through several neighborhoods, and worked up quite an appetite.

Transamerica pyramid

From the top of my hill - Telegraph Hill.

group shot

Before driving out of Lake Tahoe, we got some group shots on the beach.

We then drove to Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, CA, and ate their delicious fare.

In the end we drove about 1,100 miles. If we had more time, I would have loved to go further north to the redwoods. That will have to be for another adventure.