Okay, so this isn't the most entertaining or informative entry for the road trip, but stopping here in Arroyo Grande was just an overnight pitstop and refueling opportunity. We drove 220.4 miles from home and earned 21 mpg--the self-reported average was a little off. Remember we've got about 300 pounds of luggage, two adults, and a child on board. I promise, the forthcoming entries will be far more photogenic because the next stop is Mendocino. Oh, and on the anniversary of Michael Jackson's untimely passing, we spotted him driving an M-B S-Class with all sorts of face-obscuring paraphernalia (click the photo below).
Chief Road Test Editor, Chris Walton @ 18,021 miles
shadrach2 says:
04:40 PM, 07/ 1/10
Okay Chris, it may be too late for Karl but YOU can hit Rendezvous restaurant in Fort Bragg. Best food in the Mendo area - hands down (imho as well as Zagat). I don't work there (just a fan) but it's so good I have to give it a shout out when people I know are in the area. I'll bet if you told Kim (the chef) that you're with Edmunds and culturally connected to the Z3 group I brought there last year he'd get you something special to eat. (We're all car people, right?)
I won't bother telling you Rt 128 is a great road since you probably know that already.
So - go and then thank me for the recommendation! (that is, if you're up for classic European/Californian cuisine. If not, forget what I said ;-)
saxdogg says:
11:10 PM, 07/ 1/10
HAHA. It's like there's no sun in Asia.
tshoe says:
03:50 PM, 07/ 2/10
FYI to the the driver in the M-B, you can get your windows tinted to somewhere around 15% to help with that sun for around $200-250 and you may enjoy it and look better than you currently are.