Road Trip - Day 3 - San Francisco to Eureka, CA (part 1)

The day started simply enough. Pack everything up, get dressed, go down for breakfast and then check out of the hotel. When we went to go retrieve the car the valet came running back up from the garage telling me that there was "a problem." It turns out that somewhere along the end of our drive I'd picked up a very large staple in one of the tires. It was flat as a pancake and had to be changed. No big deal. Got the car jacked up, tire changed, and we were ready to go. Below you can see our saviour, the full sized spare.



Since we had a full size spare there was no reason to immediately find a tire shop. Luckily we'd made sure all the tires (including the spare) were properly inflated before leaving Phoenix. We opted to drive until lunchtime and hope we found a tire shop and good eats in proximity.



Here we are on the far side of the Golden Gate Bridge looking back at San Francisco. This spot was pretty windy and cold, but excellent for a photo. The morning fog was really heavy.



Here you can see "The Menacing Goblins." It's a strange piece of yard art that we discovered via RoadsideAmerica.com. This was out in someone's yard down a dirt road in Santa Rosa.

Here is the Cyclovisk, a giant obelisk made from old bicycle parts. Again Santa Rosa shared with us it's wierd Americana. There were more bits here in this town, but we rapidly realized that stopping for all of them would mean a ground cover rate of 5 miles per hour!

So, discretion being the better part of valour we soldiered on passing up some of the other roadside gems. We did stop and gaze at this view in Hopland, CA. There was a farm stand selling the most amazing cherries. We happily nommed them until we reached Willits where we found a tire shop that fixed the tire and mounted it on the car in 15 minutes! A quick lunch at the oldest restauraunt in town and we were back in business!

(Continued in Part 2)