Petaluma to Los Angeles

pigeon point

big sur

pacific coast highway near malibu

I have written about Los Angeles and other events, but not reported on how I got from one place to the other.  We decided to drive route one, along the coast. I had never done it and of course since I was a teenager I have seen images of Big Sur that captured my imagination. We planned two days, which was barely enough as I wanted to stop to photograph every few minutes.
  We also stopped at a number of towns and cities along the way. As with people, first impressions can be misleading and puzzling. I did not like Carmel particularly, I did like Santa Barbara. Both place are indeed very pretty, but somehow a little too clean. I am not sure how one can criticize a town for being clean. My hometown of Newport I find not clean enough. Perhaps I am just difficult to please. I could find myself living in Santa Barbara, which is full of architectural gems.
    Our older son, Stefan, lives in Los Angeles and has a sound studio. Besides visiting him, the purpose of my visit was to lend a hand helping in any way I could during our short trip there. He is in the process of expanding the studio. He and his wife have also just to a new apartment. Bernadette, my wife painted and I sanded, upholstered and whatever else needed to be done.