Hey y’all!
Here is my continuation of our road trip adventures…
We hit the road to San Francisco from Monterey Bay and the drive was just as magical as it had been the previous few days. It was literally heaven on earth! It was lovely to be on the open road with my honey. We talked about all the future dreams we have and how amazing it would be to live in an RV and travel all over the place. It would be a minimalist life style full of adventures and memories rather than stuff. I love hearing Chris talk about the future and all the wonderful and creative ideas he has, he really lights up when he talks about it and I fall more and more in love with him because of it. It’s a magical feeling to dream about the future together.
We wanted to go see the Redwood Forest at Muir Woods, yet we got a late start and we wanted to shave some time off the end of our trip. We needed to be flexible and this is one of the things I love about both Chris and I, we don’t need some strict agenda or itinerary that we cannot veer from. I think that just causes unnecessary stress. Chris is a badass with the map and researching things, he ended up finding a portion of the Red Wood Forest that we could stop at on our way to San Francisco.
We stopped in Felton, CA and roamed around the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. I got this dreamy sweatshirt that feels like a cloud on my skin from the gift shop, it was perfect to throw on and roam around the forest in. It was incredible to walk around and see all the massively beautiful trees and most of the ground was canvassed in clovers; every inch of the forest was so pretty and peaceful.
Clovers have a special meaning; the common 3 leaf clovers represent faith, hope and love. The more uncommon 4 leaf clover adds the “luck.” Going to the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park was a great pit stop for us to get out and stretch our legs a bit, not to mention all the beauty we got to take in.
After exploring the forest we hit the road once again and set out for our final destination, San Francisco. This portion of CA Hwy 1, from Monterey Bay to San Francisco was the most beautiful. We saw this really incredible light house with the most perfect view of the ocean and hill side. We came into the city and all the architecture is breath taking. We stayed at Hotel Tomo in Japantown. I absolutely love this hotel! We stayed on the 8th floor, the top of the hotel and we had a great view of the city. The room was spacious, clean, and artsy.
After we got all settled into our room we hit the streets to explore Japantown. I felt like we were in a totally different country when we were exploring Japantown, it was awesome! Right across the street from our hotel was the Japantown Peace Plaza, and the image above is the Japantown Peace Pagoda.
Stay tuned to hear all about our adventures in San Francisco! It really deserves a post of its own…
Chat soon,
K
