We were thinking to drive back south from San Francisco and seeing the Mojave desert before dropping my father back off in LAX. Little did we know that the drive on highway 101 along the West Coast was going to be that spectacular! We'd read that it was beautiful but we hadn't counted on stopping every ten minutes to take pictures of those mysterious cliffs, covered in mist, ingeniously constructed bridges connecting the hills and those funny elephant seals sunbathing on the beach. When we realized that going to Mojave was too ambitious for the time left, we had no problem to change the itinerary and enjoy the coast to the max. We found some great camping spots and for some reason camping on the coast seemed a little less tiring than camping in the woods. Well, temperatures up to 25 degrees do help of course. Is this what they call 'Indian' summer? Then I just love it!
Because we didn't want to exhaust my father too much before sending him back to my mum, we took it a little more easy during those days. We went for long beach walks and took even longer coffee breaks on sunny terraces.
Halloween preparations are in full swing here in the US and it's really funny to walk in the many pumpkin fields and watch the locals carefully choosing their pumpkins so they can carve the perfect Jack-o'-lantern. For the kids, going to the field seems a whole event as lots of them are already disguised and lots of family photos are being taken here. Looking forward to experience the real Halloween craziness next week!
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