After leaving L.A. and Malibu behind we stayed the night in a place called Grover Beach and the next day drove to San Jose (pronounced San Hosay). We went to Macy's and I picked up my favorite Clinique mascara at a great price ($14 each - normally $36 at home) plus I got a free one for buying two. You've got to be happy with that! We did a little bit more shopping and then that was it for the day. After staying the night in San Jose we made the short drive the next morning to Berkeley so I could drop by the Half The Sky office (I volunteered with them in China in 2007) and then to Emeryville to visit the Pixar Studios. Pixar made movies such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo and Belle was really hoping we could go in (even though we knew we couldn't) but a photo out the front was all we could do.
It was our last day with the car so before we dropped it off at the airport we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and back. The weather was pretty crappy as you can see from the photos but it was still cool to go over. Then it was off to the hotel to drop our bags off and then the airport to drop off the car. I drove about 3000 miles on this road trip (I forgot to check the distance when I got out of the car but had been watching as I drove so 3000 is a pretty good estimate). So all in all I have driven approximately 14,400 miles across America in my three road trips. I have to say I'm pretty darn impressed with that and it doesn't even include the two weeks I drove around the east coast of Canada. I'm so used to driving on the wrong side of the road in the wrong side of the car now that it will be interesting to see how I go when I get home.
The other thing I wanted to mention is that of all the places I have driven over here, San Francisco (or more acurately, the Bay area) has been the most difficult. There are so many over passes and twists and turns that even with Shelia, I made more wrong turns here than anywhere else - even L.A. was easier. Poor Sheila was going crazy re-routing every five minutes!
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