Looks like you are having a great trip! Nice pictures too, so cool that you do kite photography!!
Yeah, in SF you can never tell what season it is.. I lived there for school (USF) and I hated the weather there!
I grew up (and have since moved back) to Fremont which is like 40 miles south, it being only a 30 minute drive away I didn't think (then) that the weather would be so different.
Fun place to visit though!
And yes, if you can stop in Big Sur, go to
Nepenthe! I love that place!