Big silicon, small silicon, no silicon

The day after Sequoia, we "did" Yosemite. Similar large pine trees, then gigantic granite mountains, including El capitan, whose most difficult climbing route was only conquered this year. Serious lumps of geology! Thence to Stockton - close to San Francisco but not so close that the hotel would bankrupt us.






Yesterday, we visited the History of Computing museum in Mountain view but not before we called at one of the many Google buildings to photograph Daisy Bear on one of their signs and on a Google bike (these are simple mountain bikes whose frame and tyres are in the Google logo colours - useful for their staff moving between sites). 
The computer history museum was excellent: many exhibits from the dawn of computing in the 40s to the near future, great interpretation and numeroud videos. British contribution was acknowledged and treated, as far as I can see, very fairly.



We drove through the Golden Gate bridge - impressive in a red Art Deco sort of way and onward to...









 the Cazadero Baptist campsite in the coastal forest by the Pacific to meet another branch of the VP clan, who had turned to be Christians as well! Acquired new info on the American branch of the family (South and North). Stayed the night in a cabin among giant pines, had good food and went to the neighbouring church on Sunday morning.


After that,lunch and then up the coastal California Route 1, which follows the coast up to Fort Bragg, a small resort. Magnificent views.





Tomorrow probably as far as Oregon. Ever Northward (well, until we hit canada and swerve East. 4000 odd miles covered...