I woke up today and got myself out of bed on this frozen morning. Blah.
I had to get ready and meet Chunky at McCarthy Ranch by 10am. I was there at 9:40am. I sat in my car and waited because In n Out doesn't open until 10:30am.
So Chunky showed up right on time and we were off. We headed down 880 South towards Santa Cruz. Right before we got on Hwy 17 to go over the mountains to get to Santa Cruz there was a road sign that said "DANGER Black Ice". So yeah, it was cold. They had the road covered in dirt, i guess to help with the ice or something. Traffic was light and so was the conversation. Neither one of us is very chatty.
We made it down to Santa Cruz in no time and hopped right on Hwy 1. It was only a few minutes more and we were in Capitola. There were already a lot of people there. We got a great parking spot right on the main strip and in front of The Fog Bank bar.
We decided to walk around a bit before we did anything else. I was hungry and wanted to eat but I thought it would be a good idea to walk around so I could see the specials at all the different places. So we walked along the beach and stuff but not on the actual beach because sand is icky. We couldn't walk far because they were having an interscholastic surf competition. The surf teams from the area's jr. high schools were competing. It was cute.
After watching them for a while we walked back to where the food places were. We decided to eat at The Fog Bank because they had Crab Cakes Benedict and some Cajun Salmon Scramble thingy that looked really good. When we ordered those specials they told us they were out of crab and salmon. BLAH! It's a coastal community for christs sake! How do they run out of crab and salmon, just walk out back and buy some off of the boats at the pier. hmph!
So we had to settle for normal breakfast items, eggs benedict and ham and cheese omelet. It was a'ight. When the lady asked me what I wanted to drink I asked her if the Fogbank Fizz on the menu was like a Ramos Fizz. She said pretty much except it was with orange water instead of rose water. So basically it was like an orange julius with gin poured in. Chunky didn't like the idea of me drinking so early in the morning so I passed on the fizz and had cranberry juice. I bet if I took some other girls I knew they would want one or some other alcohol too. I mean we were having breakfast at a bar!
So after breakfast we walked out on that grand Capitola pier. Yeah. So then we got back in the car and drove.
I took the backroads to Santa Cruz. Chunky didn't want to stop there and I didn't really want to either since I wasn't hungry. I only wanted to go there to eat fish n chips and pizza.
So I hopped on Hwy 1 north. It really is a beautiful highway with a beautiful view of the coastline. The condition of the road in places is horrible though. I hit some pretty major pot holes. I hope I didn't bend anything. Sheesh.
We almost died also when a dumbass decided to come to a complete stop on the highway because he WANTED TO DO A U TURN! You do not make U Turns on the highway. Luckily my car is made to handle evasive maneuvers at high speed and I was able to avoid ramming into the back of his lard ass SUV. Fuck you SUV drivers, fuck you in the earhole.
We went north on Hwy 1 all the way to San Gregorio and then made a right and took Hwy 84 all the way to Redwood City. This is a super twisty road that motorcycle and bicycle riders go to on the weekends. I love driving on this road. Chunky got a little car sick towards the end right before we got to the bottom of the mountain. She didn't puke or anything so that's good.
All in all, we spent a good 4 hours driving around. I don't think she will ever ask to come along with me on a drive again. HAHA. I don't mind either. Not everyone can handle a drive like that. To most people it would be super boring. You have to be a real car enthusiast to enjoy something like that.
6:24 p.m. - 2004-01-04
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