Afer being cooped up for 2 weeks, it was time to go out for a bit of fresh air, stretching my car's legs, and going to the beach for a few walks:
![quick stop on skyline quick stop on skyline](/blogimg/00/thumb1024_100_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
quick stop on skyline
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![before long, we reached Pescadero beach before long, we reached Pescadero beach](/blogimg/05/thumb1024_105_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
before long, we reached Pescadero beach
![Caltrans nicely were closing all the beach parking lots as we arrived Caltrans nicely were closing all the beach parking lots as we arrived](/blogimg/16/thumb1024_116_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
Caltrans nicely were closing all the beach parking lots as we arrived
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We then drove down Hwy 1 to hit a few beaches:
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![found a nice surfer found a nice surfer](/blogimg/56/thumb1024_156_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
found a nice surfer
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![the next beach the next beach](/blogimg/68/thumb1024_168_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
the next beach
![where skyline of the beach, ends up where skyline of the beach, ends up](/blogimg/69/thumb1024_169_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
where skyline of the beach, ends up
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We ended up going to Shark Fin Cove or lunch:
![railroad to nowhere railroad to nowhere](/blogimg/95/thumb1024_195_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
railroad to nowhere
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![I went to check out the cave which was really a storm drain I went to check out the cave which was really a storm drain](/blogimg/01/thumb1024_201_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
I went to check out the cave which was really a storm drain
![didn't smell so good :) didn't smell so good :)](/blogimg/03/thumb1024_203_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
didn't smell so good :)
![nice hole in the rock nice hole in the rock](/blogimg/04/thumb1024_204_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
nice hole in the rock
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After lunch, we drove back up on bonny doon road. which was find until we hite what looked like snow on the road. How as that possible? Turns out, it hailed so much that the hail accumulated on the ground and looked like snow:
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![it was melting, but super slick it was melting, but super slick](/blogimg/21/thumb1024_221_20200326_Hwy1_Beaches.jpg)
it was melting, but super slick
Eventually, after driving not as fast as I wished due to the uncertain roads, we got to 236 and big basin redwoods, which was closed as expected:
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After that, it was a fun drive up 236, and 9 back home.