March 2008

• Saturday, March 22, 2008

  I took a long weekend a week ago and drove up Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco with one of my roommates. The weather was quite nice the first day, so I had the top down, of course. It is a very scenic drive. We got lunch in Santa Barabara, which seems like quite a pleasant town. For some reason it was also about 10 degrees warmer there than just a couple miles down the road in either direction. Some of the terrain does not seem like Souther California. We saw a lot of farm country, including horses, cows, sheep, goats, and donkeys. We also stopped at an elephant seal viewing beach on the second day, and there were indeed elephant seals there for our viewing.

  We got to San Francisco at rush hour the second day, and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge to spend the night in Sausalito. We tried to eat at a place in downtown San Francisco, but couldn't find any place to park after driving around for half an hour, so we drove back across the bridge, took some pictures of it, and ate at a sushi place in Sausalito.

  For the drive back we took the inland route, Highway 5, and saw some more interesting terrain. Also several dust devils, one of which was quite large.

  All in all, it was a fun trip, and relaxing to get away from work and school for a bit. Pictures may be found here.

  I also finished up another report (802 KB PDF) for my CFD class before leaving.

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  GrandmaWednesday, April 09, 2008 06:57:05 PMHey, Paul, Looked at your problem and it left me absolutely astounded. Grandpa says there is no way he could begin either. Then I looked at your pacific coast pictures. Lovely. Grandpa and I have traveled that road and it is beautiful. Loved the videos of the seals.

paul@viscerallogic.com
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