Time to move on closer to the airport. As we had a number of hours to kill we decided to drive over to Oakland via the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods, Sonoma and Napa. Much to our chagrin we woke today to another heavily fogged in day. It took hardly any time to get to the Presidio area at the base of the GG Bridge so we knew early on that we werent goung to see much going across the bridge. In fact we could see bugger all, pretty much just the bases of the bridge.
We drove out to Muir Woods to see the giant Redwood trees and ancient Pines and guess what - too much fog.
Next was Sonoma which seems to be a major wine growing area. On the way there we stopped at a wine centre for a loo break and coffee. Sonoma was really lovely - reminded us a bit of Adelaide Hills, particularly Strath and Hahndorf. Had a bit of a drive around and we all agreed it was a place we would come back to. Next stop was Napa. Napa was not at all what we expected. Very small township and not much in the way of wineries to be seen.
Back on the road again and in another couple of hours we were in Oakland. Sadly Oakland is nothing at all like San Francisco. I had chosen a hotel that was thrifty and close to the airport. All of the hotels there are close to the airport. Tony and I stopped at the local service station before dropping the car back to the depot and it felt like we were taking our lives in our hands just being there. Beggars and bums everywhere!
Back at the hotel and we barricaded ourselves in for the night. The neighbours stopped fighting and took off to the local burger joint for the night so we got to sleep.
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