well, we have now made it to SF. it was a pretty good drive and did not seem as long is it was. we picked up a young couple that was hitch-hiking down from seattle. normally we don't pick anyone up but we thought what the heck. after dropping them off we continued down to pacifica and had some excellent californian mexican food, rented a redbox and slept in the van. SF was really foggy but it was refreshing after a hot drive during the day.