If you're going to San Francisco...

Yesterday we started the day by seeing whales!!! Amazing, we took a
whale watching boat to the sea, and saw humpback whales, mommy and a
baby. We have never seen whales; it is amazing how close they let the
boats to come and how big they are! We also saw Californian sea lions
and otter and seals (in Finnish we called these marine mammals
"meripunkerot", "sea fatties"), the seals came to see us and jumped
around the boat. We have seen so much wildlife during this trip we
have to add an entry listing animals we have met (some very close
encounters, others bit more distant like the black bear, fortunately).

After brisk sea trip we were quite hungry and ate the Monterey
speciality Clam Chowder (resembles Finnish fish soup but was bit
better in our opinion :-)) went to see what the Aquarium was like and
then we were done with sea life and wanted to see something completely
different...

And that we definitely did! we went to the Mystery Spot in outskirts
of Santa Cruz, in dark, mysterious forest. In Mystery Spot, mysterious
things happen! Such as balls roll downwards and people can't stand
straight on crooked surfaces :). But the guided "show" was
entertaining enough. Certainly, one of the strangest tourist
attractions we have seen, and not because of myserious forces working
in the area.

In the evening we came to San Francisco, it was nice to be in the city
for a change. We noticed being quite tired of all the driving and
running around so we decided not to plan too much for the weekend and
just relax (let's see about that...).

Miles: ~100 (forgot to check)

Total number of miles on the trip so far: over 5000!