SeaBiscuit

morning walk Monterrey Beach

We started our morning with a nice walk to Monterrey Beach which wasn't far from our campground. Then another day navigating the expressways of California. We opted to go around San Francisco and cut through Oakland and Berkley which really wasn't too bad. Took the bridge over the Bay and was could even see the Golden Gate bridge. Toll was $20.00 !!!

As we head north, there are plenty of beautiful Redwoods to look at along the rolling hills. Quite scenic and much more laid back. Rolled into a nice little campground at around 4:00 after a couple hundred miles. But this wasn't an ordinary campground. Besides being very beautiful, it was on the ranch where SeaBiscuit and his owner lived. SeaBiscuit is buried here and there is a statue of SeaBiscuit on the property. If you ever saw the movie, this is the homestead where Charles Howard and his family lived when they owned SeaBiscuit. Sadly, their 15 year old son died on this homestead in a vehicle accident on the property. SeaBiscuit resided here with Mr. and Mrs Howard until his death in 1947. When the ranch estate was sold in 1951, one of the bidders that lost out on the sale was Roy Rogers (my childhood hero but that's another story).

Cold beer with chips and salsa

There is quite a bit of wildlife on this ranch and on a 2.5 mile hike we took, there were wild turkeys and Jack Rabbits (Although we're thinking they could be the elusive Jack-a-Lopes). We met a couple on our hike that said there were also white Deer on the land (imported from India with big horns) as well as many coyote which will keep out cat occupied in her perches by the windows.