Golden State Champions

Golden State Champions - Part 2

The drive along highway 1 passed through towns like Monterey, Seaside and Carmel-by-the-sea. We stopped at a roadside fruit stand which provided fantastic strawberries, kiwis, watermelon, lemons, limes, mangoes, grapefruits, and oranges that were tasty and cheap.

As we continued up the coast, most of the land was designated as state park so there was little development. The cliffside drives disappeared in favour of small pastures between the road and the beachside cliff.

We stopped at a few viewpoints and beaches but we had a time crunch. The Golden State Warriors were playing the Boston Celtics in game 6 of the NBA Finals. We had talked for a while about getting to San Francisco to see the Warriors close out the Celtics. We couldn’t make it. Instead, Gen and Mary dropped me off at Duarte’s Tavern in Pescadero, originally started by Frank Duarte in the 1890’s. There were about a dozen people in the bar, I sat there with my Pascal Siakam jersey enjoying the game.

Meanwhile in another part of town, Mary and Gen were navigating Memorial County Park. There were ups and downs all along the route to the campsite; the road meandered between massive redwood trees. They had to back the trailer into a site on a hill and did a marvelous job. The girls were able to show them how to unhook the trailer. Sadly, the game was over by the time they reached the bar again. The kids added a different element to the celebration in the bar.

We made our way back to the campsite and I was amazed. There were massive redwoods everywhere. They literally took a grove of redwoods and built a campsite in it. The ground rolled throughout the camp so you could look up and down at a washroom building while you were using another. The site was very quiet and dark. This is one of my favourite campsites we have stayed in.

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