Honeymoon Day 3

Today we got up early (sprung forward = lost an hour of sleep) to have breakfast in bed before packing our bags and driving over the Golden Gate Bridge out of San Francisco. I was sad to leave SF since I loved it so much, but we were about to hop onto the Pacific Coast Highway to drive north to Mendocino. I've always wanted to spend a week driving the length of the PCH, but after today I know it would take more like a month. I had to pull over every 10 minutes to let a few cars past, since I drove way slower than all the locals. It took us about 6 hours to drive the 190 miles, including lunch.
Even so, Highway 1 was beautiful and I would love to have stopped every half hour to take a bunch of pictures, but I was worried about getting into Mendocino before dark (neglecting to remember, of course, that with the early onset of DST the sun doesn't actually set until about 9 o'clock the next morning).
We stopped for lunch at a place called Timber Cove Inn, which is apparently a gathering place of sorts for yuppie motorcyclists. It was very strange. After they let us know that they were out of fries and tuna and a soup of the day, I got a turkey sandwich and Alison a grilled-cheese sandwich. The sandwich was good enough, although pretty small for costing $7. Alison's sandwich was pretty much Kraft singles on Wonder bread, with it not even having been cooked long enough for the cheese to melt all the way. For that, it only cost $5. This meal was pretty much the least bang for the buck I've ever had. The only nice things about the place were the two cats roaming around and the incredible view out the restaurant window.
We left there and continued on to Mendocino, making better time to the north of the super-curvy parts. We got into Mendocino at around 4pm, found our B&B (the Sea Rock Inn), and checked in. We walked accross the street to a little bench area the Inn owns and had some sparkling cider, crackers and cheese, and fruit, a surprise that Alison cooked up for me. It was an absolutely beautiful view, but we were both a little too tired to sit there for too long. We headed back and Alison napped while I read.
At 7 I finally roused Alison and we headed into town by foot to find some dinner. It wasn't a long walk, but we were unsure about where in town to go, so we spent some time wandering around before finally settling on the Mendocino Cafe. Food in town is super expensive. I got a (free-range) chicken quesadilla ($12) that was super good (salsa spiciness - 4/10), and Alison got a Thai Burrito ($12) that she loved. Probably our best meal so far on this trip. We ate outside on the patio and watched the sun set over the ocean.
Leaving there around 8:30 we discovered that it was pretty dark out, and that there are no street lights on the road back to the B&B. Nothing else to do, we hiked back without really being able to see. You could still see and hear the surf crashing on the beach at the base of the cliffs despite the dark. We made it safely, and are going to fire up the fireplace tonight, drink the rest of the cider, and maybe watch some Office. If I still have legs in the morning, tomorrow will be another full day.