Still calling this a California run until we either get something else or we are back home.

Problem with being on the west coast is we have an alarm set to call in to work every day and at that is 6 AM here. So we were up early for local time, don't want to get to far off schedule.

I've only seen one smaller breakfast place and that was at a Super 8 with only one table and four chairs. This place had three tables, so most people were taking there food back to their rooms. When we booked our room last night it was one of the last two rooms. By the time we left this AM the sign on the door said FULL. When we have tried to stay here in the past the place was full.

Our car was reserved for 10 AM so we stayed in the motel until shortly before. Got to the rental car place and there was five people ahead of us and only one clerk. He finally asked who was just returning cars and the other people were in two groups of two and both were returning cars so we were next. In line. The guy at the counter was having issues and among other things his back account wouldn't authorize a $200 hold. It may have been a half hour after we were there before he finally gave up.

Then back to drop off the 1st rental and then we headed down to a local park to take a walk. It did cost us $7 for the day. But it was close and it was beautiful outside.

We had looked at going to one of the National Parks but the more we talked about it the less we wanted to deal with the lines.

We finally decided to head north but ate first at Wise Guys, a place we saw yesterday as we were taking a tour after taking a road that just looped back to the road we had been on. I had a Philly, really good. BB had a Gyro, it was good but she likes more items on it than this place put on.

Next we headed to Sears Point. It was supposed to take an hour and a half to go 60 miles. Ended up taking over two hours. Mostly slow and go. Did see one car on its side on the shoulder of the road. Not sure how you do that in city traffic. Should have taken a picture, didn't.

We had walked for most of an hour this morning and now we stopped again, but this time only walked for less than a mile. Sears Point is a 'tide area.' Someone is drudging, making island and other changes to make the area better for wildlife.

Rooms are not cheap. We maybe should have looked first before we left Livermore. We end up using points to get a room in Santa Rosa. Rooms are way over $100 a night for everything but the lower end motels all the way to the OR border.

We stop at Russian River to eat. This is our go to place to eat in Santa Rosa, good pizza, local brewery. Place was packed with a line waiting but they offered us a 'very' small table and we took it and got seated right away. Yep, good food.

In the motel for the night. Not sure which way we will go in the morning. The redwoods and valcano park are each about four hours drive and not in the same direction. We'll likely stay north of SFO tomorrow and tomorrow night and then drive back so we get to Livermore around 5 PM Monday.