As you get closer to the Bay Area, the geography becomes more varied, the temperature drops (94 to 61), the roads get more crowded and things get more dense.  We Hit Sausalito in the mid-afternoon.  We’ve been here many times before, but never stayed in town.  Back in the day you struggled to find a parking spot in town; but today there were plenty.  Probably a result of the overall economy.  We wandered around and had a nice dinner at a restaurant downstairs from the hotel.

We drove less today than the previous two days and will drive very little tomorrow.  We have plenty of time to get down to SoCal, so we’ll spend a little more time in the Bay Area where this is some much to see and do.

Driving on the day after July 4th, we saw more cars than on previous days.  I’m not sure why Winnebago’s think they can handle the left lane… We saw a pickup truck pulling a mobile home pulling a trailer, in the left lane in a 70 MPH zone, going up hill.  Over thirty MPH below the speed limit.  Oy…

We drove this same car in Germany and saw the pecking order of cars on the Autobahn.  The big BMW and Mercedes sedans are the kings of the road, except for the un-restricted cars (Porsches, Ferraris, etc.)  In California, you can pretty much bet the left-lane bandit will be a 2004 Ford Windstar mini-van hauling along at 95 MPH, with bald tires.

But, we have been sticking to the major Interstate (I-5) to get about halfway in the first three days.  As we slow down, we’ll hit more interesting roads.