On Monday, if leaving from Redwood City in the morning, the first thing which comes to mind is to take Highway 92 West (it runs through San Mateo, a few miles to the north) out to Highway 1 and the Half Moon Bay area -- there are lighthouses at Pigeon Point and Montara, and several nice beaches in each direction along the coast. If you have all day you can loop to the north through Pacifica and San Francisco, or to the south through Santa Cruz and San Jose ... the drive up Highway 9 from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos goes through a coastal redwood forest, or if you don't want to go that far south you can take the Pescadero-La Honda Road from Highway 1 almost directly back to Redwood City.
For a different perspective you can take Edgewood Road from Redwood City up to Interstate 280 ... the drive south towards San Jose will take you past the Crystal Springs Reservoirs, which store San Francisco's drinking water supplu as delivered from the Hetch Hetchy dam up in the Sierras -- it comes out at the Pulgas Water Temple, but I don't know if that's open to the public anymore.
If you search the Out and About section for San Francisco or Bay Area you should find several threads with recommended photo-ops in the area.
I might be able to do something early (10-2 -- the worst light!) if you want to come to the East Bay, but I have to be out in Concord a little before 3.
Message edited by author 2010-05-02 23:28:56. |
