cruisin the coast in a westfalia

we creeped down to half moon bay through the annual pumpkin festival in a small valley town near the coast, a 15 min drive that turned into 2 1//2 hrs of screeching brakes that "only makes that noise when you go REAL SLOW." which we did, for quite a while. anyway, a long beach walk that next morning led us to huge strands of kelp twisted together and washed up on shore. we drove to a small off-beaten-path town, pescadero, and ate crab coppino (sp?) at duarte's, that won an american classic award. a bowl of half and half soup (artichoke and green chile), fresh baked bread and vegetables grown in the backyard garden were excellent. but, we didn't leave without having the pumpkin pie, especially after seeing all the pumpkins at the festival on the way to the coast.