Bubblegum Alley San Luis Obispo

Slept through the rain like babies, but woke up to the sound of jackhammers and other pleasant construction noises. Made some coffee, let the tent dry a little and then took off for Big Sur.

We headed up Highway 1, driving through little oceanside farm towns surrounded by green hills. It felt like we were in Ireland. Once the farm towns …

Thanks again to our Roadside America App we found out that San Luis Obispo has the "first motel in the world" and we just had to check that out. Check out this excerpt from the wiki entry for this place:

The emergence and popularization of the automobile in the United States of the early 20th century inspired many car owners beyond …

Auch wer jetzt denkt, der Titel hat nichts mit unserer Reise zu tun, den muss ich jetzt entäuschen, aber die Auflösung kommt gleich.
Wir starteten in Morro Bay und fuhren zunächst nach San Luis Opispo. Dort wollten wir das Kloster besichtigen, was in jeden Reiseführer angepriesen wird. Es war schon eher eine Enttäuschung, denn besonderes war …

Just a quick stopover on our way to see a few 'attractions'. Bubblegum alley was pretty funky, I didn't tell James exactly what it was until we got there, he said he was picturing some big bubblegum shop or something, so he got a nice surprise when we ...

... a campground with the comforts and respectability of a hotel or inn spurred the creation of the motel. Arthur S. Heineman picked San Luis Obispo for the first Milestone Mo-Tel as a mid-point location between Los Angeles and San Francisco which took two ...