CA to Mexico

San Francisco, California
Fly to San Francisco, rent a car – drive to Washington Square Inn one block from
Telegraph Hill http://www.bbonline.com/ca/squareinn/index.html
The wild parrots in the city's Telegraph Hill neighborhood. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/08/sunday/main1185614.shtml
Cable car ride - http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/sanfrancisco/a/cablecars.htm
Restaurant choices
Café Pescatore - between North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf, Italian http://www.cafepescatore.com/
Fisherman’s Warf - Dungeness crab –
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2731184-a_sabella_s_restaurant_san_francisco-i
Charanga, 2351 Mission St (415) 282-1813 Cuban
http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/889325/?
Tu Lan Vietnamese http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/868236/?
Chinatown - http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/chinatown.shtml
R&G Lounge (631 Kearny), Sam Wo (813 Washington), Pot Sticker (150 Waverly Place) http://www.coastnews.com/restaurant-guide/chinatown.htm
http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/11344469/san_francisco_ca/r_g_lounge.html

Point Reyes, California
Drive to Point Reyes and Inverness 46 miles - http://www.pointreyes.org/inverness.html
Where to stay –
* Ten Inverness Way Bed and Breakfast
http://www.iloveinns.com/bed_and_breakfasts/california/teninvernessway.htm
* Point Reyes B&B - One Mesa
http://www.onemesa.com/Rates___Policies/rates___policies.html or
* English Oak at Ridgetop in Olema, CA. Weekends - solve an old fashioned English crime. Several of the restaurants have live music. Offers massages
http://www.anenglishoak.com/
What to do – local parks - http://www.ptreyes.com/parks.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/11/10/SPGRFFLKV81.DTL
Map - http://www.ptreyes.com/map.html
Whales - Late April and early May afford the opportunity to see mothers and calves close to shore - http://www.anenglishoak.com/things.html

Drive to Napa 49 miles – stay at Sonoma Hotel http://www.sonomahotel.com/
Take the wine train luncheon excursion. http://www.buysanfranciscotours.com/tours/wine_train_napa.html
Return San Francisco 47 miles.

Drive to the Babbling Brook Inn @ Santa Cruz, CA-
http://www.innsbythesea.com/babbling-brook/
Drive to Mendocino 120 miles http://www.mendocinoguide.com/
Wine country - http://www.mendocino.com/winecountry/town.lasso?lookup=WineCountry
Where to stay - http://www.eureka-california.com/index.htm
http://www.bbonline.com/ca/sandrock/specials.html

CA – Venice Beach LA - Venice Beach House B&B Dec 05
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/150385/venice_ca/venice_beach_house.html
Venice Beach Canals -http://www.beachcalifornia.com/venice.html
Venice Beach - Mussel Beach & Pier - funky charm as the boardwalk provides an
incredibly diverse collection of fortune tellers, bikini-clad skaters, preachers,
magicians, street performers, clothing shops and craft-stands –
http://www.westland.net/venice/

Mexico – Sea of Cortez -
http://www.cruisecortez.com/