Spending the past couple weeks in California was great, catching up with both new and old friends was even better. Being in California, I might as well be in another country; the culture is so different from South Carolina, and California itself is very diverse. You have surfers, beach volleyballers, and the rich and famous in the south; tech savvy, wine lovers, and hipsters in the middle; and rural, green, and outdoor driven in the north. Northern California did remind me a lot of the south. The towns were often small, spread out, and poor; big trucks, farms, and a "yes sir" where everywhere you looked. The only thing Northern California is missing is "y'all" and the confederate flag.
The south of San Francisco, California is like a hot desert. The plants look like those in a dry desert and the air is also dry to go along with it. It can get really hot during the day and then be very cold at night. In northern California, you have constant fog mixed with rain and some of the greenest trees I have ever seen; not to mention my favorite, the Redwoods!!
I definitely did not spend enough time in California. I would have wanted to spend at least a week and a half alone exploring all the Redwoods! If you truly wanted to do this trip right: rent a car, bring a friend who you have done a long road trip with before, hook up bikes to the back of the car, and strap two canoes to the top of the car. Boom.. now you have yourself a West Coast Road Trip Machine.
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