We left Paso Robles super early to beat traffic on the way back home.
This was July 4th after all and we wanted to make it for early dinner at my parents...
We made the obligatory stop to Blackwell's Corner, the gas station/rest stop/convenience store and restaurant with the big James Dean head and James Dean cut out. We've been here to and from our road trips in the past.
It was pretty hot and also very windy. It was also pretty dead as in hardly anyone there.
Bert's snacks. TC bought sour candy. I bought a few Jelly Belly candy packets to give as gifts (not shown).
I also wanted to include that prior to our arrival to Blackwell's Corner, there was a crazy MF driving on the opposite side of the freeway that veered onto oncoming traffic, namely US. WTF man. I was driving my leg of the trip, then all of a sudden, saw headlights coming towards me! I could't believe this guy was on our side of the freeway!
Bert noticed earlier that the asshole was trying to overtake three semi's ahead of him and then the dude went for it. Well, I had to almost drive off the side of the road to avoid him. I was pretty freaked out and shaken up by it. This is the kind of jerk that you wish a fiery and horrible death by car crash. I know that sounds mean, but the dude's selfish motives and careless driving almost killed us. Therefore, he should suffer. And no, I don't feel bad for saying or thinking that.
Bert drove the rest of the way home. This was our next stop before Burbank.
...where we parked near this place, The Jellybean Emporium, which sadly, we did not enter. It had all kinds of candy and memorabilia inside. We were really just there to go to Porto's, grab a few snacks, plus potato balls for the party and then head home.
Porto's wasn't as busy as I'd feared it to be. It's always packed in here but the lines move pretty quickly.
The goods plus my Cuban coffee in a cute and tiny paper cup with handles.
The coffee was super sweet from the condensed milk but I loved it.
Cheese rolls...a few were devoured shortly after this was taken.
Meat pies - beef and chicken.
Plus a bite of a potato ball (we had a whole box of them though)...
This is the name of the store...which was a few blocks away from Porto's.
This Monty Python shirt was in the window....
This is one of our favorite movies...here's just one of the more well known scenes...
A view of downtown LA while heading south on the 5...
We broke out with the dark chocolate peanut butter cup from the Cayucos Candy Counter. Look how thick that coating is!
The now defunct San Onofre nuclear power plant. Hmmm, I didn't realize the full and official name was the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
Add "tit" joke here.
View of the San Diego Fair in Del Mar - it was the last day, July 4th!
We made it back to Chula Vista safely...unpacked, clothes washed and all that before making our way to my parents for a family get together/bbq.
Previous visit to Blackwell's Corner
"Return to Paso Robles + Blackwell's Corner and Taco Bell" August 2015
Previous visit to Porto's:
"Return to the LA Roadtrip - January 2015 Day 2 Porto's & cool window art @Creature Features" October 2015
Our Epic Summer 2015 20 Year Anniversary Road Trip in order:
Day 1 (Oakland, Berkeley, El Cerrito)
Day 1 Highlights where we visited Homeroom, 1-2-3-4-Go! Records, Sub Rosa Coffee, The Hog's Apothecary, Amoeba Music, Berkeley, Rasputin Music ending with Places that are now closed, plus dinner and a movie! Little Star Pizza & "Episode IV: A New Hope"
Day 2 (El Cerrito, Marin, Marshall, Bodega, Bodega Bay, Guerneville, Jenner)
Day 2 Highlights - Well Grounded Tea & Coffee Bar, Passing through Marin County, Point Reyes Lighthouse, The Marshall Store & Oyster Bar, Potter Schoolhouse, "The Birds" filming location, Patrick's of Bodega Bay, Amstrong Redwoods, Guerneville Bank Club, and ending with dinner at Ocean Cove Bar & Grill
Day 3 (Jenner, The Sea Ranch, Gualala, Point Arena, Mendocino, Fort Bragg)
Day 3 Highlights - Goodbye Ocean Cove Lodge, Two Fish Baking Company, Farmer's Market + Surf Market, Gualala, Point Arena Lighthouse, Beautiful views + the Pygmy Forest @ Van Damme State Park, Moody's Organic Coffee Bar + the Mendocino Masonic Hall, Mendocino Chocolate Company, Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, Colombi Market & Deli ending with a great dinner at Cucina Verona
Day 4 (Fort Bragg, Humboldt County Meyers Flat, Piercy, Weott, Scotia, Ferndale, Eureka)
Day 4 Highlights - Headlands Coffee House, Pudding Creek Trestle Bridge, Shine Drive Thru Tree, Confusion Hill,Avenue of the Giants, Founders Grove, The Chandelier Drive Thru Tree, Passing through Scotia and Ferndale with dinner at Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe
Day 5 (Arcata, McKinleyville, Trinidad, Klamath, Brookings, OR, Crescent City)
Day 5 Highlights, Our our way up to Arcata + Northtown Coffee, Wildberries Marketplace + taxidermy at the McKinleyville Barbershop, Worlds Tallest?? The McKinleyville Totem Pole,
Katy's Smokehouse, Holy Trinity Church, Trinidad War Memorial + Old Home Beach, Trees of Mystery, The Oregon Border, The Hungry Clam & Port of Brookings Harbor, Slugs 'n Stones ice cream cones plus Taffy Town Taffy, plus "Crescent City: Battery Point Lighthouse, The Curly Redwood Lodge & drive by photos
Day 6 (Crescent City, Fortuna, Ukiah, San Francisco - Outer and Inner Sunset)
Day 6 Highlights -Dutch Bros. Coffee + some scary birds, Crescent City, Real Food Grocer Cafe & passing through Willits, Black Oak Coffee Roasters & passing through Hopland, On our way to SF & Return to OB, San Tung #2, and ending with dessert at Swich
Day 7 - Our 20 Year Wedding Anniversary (San Francisco - Outer & Inner Sunset, Outer Richmond, Daly City)
Day 7 Highlights - Anniversary breakfast at Outerlands, Outer Sunset, Return to Trouble Coffee, Fast forward + Daly City 99 Ranch, Oui! Oui! Macaron, OBSF, Sutro Baths and giving up going to Lands End, Moscow and Tblisi Russian Bakery, Lincoln Park Steps, Pineapple King + Day 7 wrap up + our epic dinner at Thanh Long
Day 8 (SF: Outer and Inner Sunset, Greenfield, Paso Robles)
Day 8 Highlights - Return to Noriega Produce Market and Devil's Teeth Bakery, Twisted Donuts and Coffee, Snowbird Coffee, Return to Arizmendi Bakery + scenes from Irving Street, Hollow Coffee + more scenes from Irving Street, The Mod McD's in Greenfield, Return to Paso Robles - Adelaide Inn + concert at Centennial Park ending with dinner at Yanagi Sushi
Day 9 (Paso Robles, Cayucos)
Day 9 Highlights - Spearhead Coffee, The Whale Rock Reservoir + return to Cayucos
Lunch and snacks from the Cayucos Farmer's Market plus return to the Cayucos Candy Counter & the Brown Butter Cookie Company, The Peddler's Faire and Wine tasting at the Adelaide Inn
plus this last past for Day 10 which is pretty short at only one post for the day.
And thus end our Summer 2015 Roadtrip from SoCal up to NorCal to Oregon and back. Thanks for reading!
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