Northern California

After Hollywood we drove up to Northern California to search out some places where Grandma (Mary Lou) grew up with her family.  She was born in San Luis Obispo so we only drove through there.  Then we drove to Santa Cruz where Jason remembers going with his family when he was younger.  It is absolutely lovely there! It is a holiday destination for many people and because it was the end of Spring Break there were a few people there!  We went and walked along the beach and also tried beach volleyball which was lots of fun!  We even tried swimming in the ocean water but it was freezing!  Not like Aussie beaches (even in Spring)!!! Later we had extremely yummy fish and chips on the beach like back home and we also all tried some clam chowder which apparently is famous to San Francisco which was devine!!!

 

That afternoon we drove up to Saratogo where Jason remembers his mother and her family had a house there!  We found the house and Jason and a few children asked to go through the home.  The residents were very friendly as they remembered Jason's Grandma and his Uncle Bob as they bought the home off him.  It was very nice of them to let him walk through and reminisce. Then we kept driving north through to San Francisco so we could drive across the Golden Gate Bridge!  I didnt except to feel so cool driving across it. After seeing the bridge in so many movies it was actually quite weird to see it in real life - very sureal!  Then we drove to Oakland to view the temple there which was absolutely beautiful! 

 

 

 

That night we ended up in Fresno very late ready for Easter morning with the Speil Family!