Day 2: Santa Cruz - Monterey - Big Sur

Today I met my Intrepid Suntrek group and tour leader Mike in the morning. We've got a few au pairs, some camp counselors and people that just came here for this trip from around the world. Not many Germans like me! We've got British, Australian, Belgian and Czech travelers as well, and Mike is American. We loaded our luggage into the trailer and took our seats in the nice van. We left San Francisco and started our journey towards the California Coast. Stopping in Santa Cruz on our way South we had lunch on the boardwalk. Our next stop Monterey Beach, famous for canning sardines during WW II, now invites you to have a seat next to Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates. The most extraordinary part of the day was our dinner: at the make-your-own-burrito bar you can enjoy your own creation while sitting on huge Adirondack chairs positioned in the water. Before heading to the Big Sur beach for sunset we set up our tents, which only takes about 5 min! I think at least one person is going to challenge the record, which right now is 2:35 min. It was a great first tour day and I am so lucky to be spending the night at one of California's beaches. The sunset was awesome. Talk to you tomorrow!