Day 4 - Sideways driving

Today was to be the day I had been most looking forward since this whole journey came together.  My first sight of the Pacific, driving one the World's best roads in an open top car, and ending up drinking Pinot Noir in Americas' greatest wine region.

Oh, well.

So the weather wasn't what I'd hoped, big deal.
So the roof would have to briefly come down, so what.
So fog's covering the whole Pacific Highway...oh for fucks sake.

What should have been one of the most awe inspiring views I would ever see was somewhat dampened by some seriously crappy visibility. At some of the vista points along the way (Of which there are hundreds just to rub it in), I see people on the side of the road genuinely gutted by the sights (or lack thereof), guys who had obviously come from the other side of the globe to take this in, they look devastated.
Two hours in, I however, was over it. 
There were plenty more things to see on this journey, so I pressed on to (after my Alien site-seeing) the 2nd geekiest part of the trip.  The Sideways Wine tour.

If you are unaware, Sideways is a (quite brilliant) movie about a couple of friends on a wine fueled stag weekend in the Santa Barbara Vineyards.  I was to stay at the Windmill Inn (where they stayed), and eat at the Hitching Post (where they ate) and drink Highliner Pinot Noir (that they drank)....I just read that back, I am such a nerd.

Some parts were disappointing (The motel's a shithole), some parts were annoying (walking 2 miles in the wrong direction of the restaurant...in the rain), but some parts were beyond what I could imagine (THE best steak I have ever eaten, and a bottle of THE best wine I have ever drank) so worth it all in the end.
We live to fight another day.

Tomorrow let's go to the beach, beach..

Today's soundtrack provided by Gaslight Anthem, Band of Horses, and Muse