Tesla'ing Around Silicon Valley

Our self driving chariot

multiple screens - including map of where you can recharge

 We visited Farkle Jackie and husband Arthur in Half Moon Bay. Seems they were expecting us for three days. Weren't they surprised when we stayed seven! For us the time flew. We had so much to catch up with - visit friends, check up on our previous homes, explore small coastal towns, replace my cell phone that spent the night under the car in the rain.

The tunnels at Devils Slide, north of Half Moon Bay, are now open. No more highway sliding into the sea and closing the coastal access to San Francisco!  The old highway, what's left of it, is now a park for walking, bike riding. The WWII bunker just south of the tunnels is just plain curious. But there are so many bunkers along the coast that I guess it is just normal. And then there are the Nike Missile launch sites in Marin. So really.  A few more bunkers are nothing new around here.

Turk guards the tunnels at Devils Slide

Erosion anyone?

View from the coast

always beautiful coastline near San Fransico

 We jumped in Jackie's Tesla and quietly zoomed our self-navigated way to Pescadero where we met the goats and their cheese. Our major find was the garlic artichoke bread, fresh from the oven, at Arcangeli Grocery. The bread barely made it out of the store before it was gone. It never ever cooled off! Outside, with our mouths full of warm, delicious garlic-artichoke bits, we met some people who told us that this was the reason they came to Pescadero - for this bread. Apparently we were the only ones not 'in the know' about the bread. We know now!

The goats at Pescadero.

THE bread - in the middle

Fueled with carbs, we Tesla'd to Carmel. To ensure we got home that night, we recharged at the local Tesla dealership. There were 8 chargers and they were full. We had to wait a bit and were shown the hospitality suite complete with TV, toys for kids, drinks, snacks, restrooms and couches. It felt like we were part of a private club.

But we had places to go! Carmel beckoned.  We drove around the neighborhood and peered relentlessly into windows and yards.  Checked out in-progress remodeling projects. But our real goal was to watch sunset. We parked - Tesla could tell us where it was if we didnt remember - and we wandered to the beach.

Because three sunset pictures are just not enough

While walking on the beach we saw a couple and their adult child taking pictures of one another. We asked if we could take a picture of all of them with their phone. Yes and we did. Come to find out, the wife went to high school in Orlando - probably when I did. Small world. Then they took photos of us!

because one picture is not enough