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Today we had a chill out day at Morro Bay. It was supposed to be a day at the beach but the thick fog stayed all night, and day. It kept the temperature to around 17C.
So we started the day with 3 loads of washing, and then a walk along the beach. We ended up on the boardwalk in to town, and saw some sea otters playing at the edge of the water …

All now on track. 2nd stop was Morro Bay on the west coast, famous to the locals for Morro Rock. The fog rolled in so it wasn't too easy to spot. Lots of otters playing around the marina.

We continued on our trip north, stopping at a beach where hundreds of elephant seals beach themselves to molt before summer. Then a stop at the very …

Buenos dias, hoy queremos salir temprano!!Hacemos un buen desayuno y nos cargamos los bolsillos de pan y pastitas, sin que nos vean, nos gusta vivir al limite!!! Lo mejor del desayuno fue la mujer de que hacia los Waffles, cada vez que tenia uno listo se daba una vuelta por las mesas preguntando: "es para you?"   Le dejamos un dólar …

We left LA and headed north on California Highway 1. We decided we would drive as far as we wanted for the day and then find a place to camp on the beach. As we made our way up the California coast, driving through Malibu and Santa Monica we were both in awe of the beautiful scenery. The blue of the ocean was very similar to the water on the …

Before I left my comfortable Comfort Inn, I returned to Em Le's for their breakfast. I’ll definitely go there again.


Had a bit of an interesting detour just outside of Carmel Mission when the State Park officials at Point Lobos State Reserve told me (and others) that Highway 1 was closed for a bit due to landslides. So, I …

Heute heißt es Abschied nehmen von Frank. Nach einem weiteren köstlichen Frühstück bekommen wir von ihm noch ein paar Tips wie wir am besten fahren sollten. Antje bespricht mit ihm die Route, während Michi den Wagen vorfährt und sich um das Gepäck kümmert. Bevor wir Santa Barbara verlassen wollen wir die …

... plumbing in Morro Bay is pretty powerful, even at the beach so all is now right with the world! First we went to see Morro Rock. Morro means headland or turban in Spanish - its hard to describe but it just sticks up out of the water and can be seen from ...

... a few drinks then decided to have dinner there. Got chatting to the barmaid who was very friendly and recommended places for us to drive to tomorrow. Whilst in the bar we were able to watch the sun set over Morro Rock which was really ...

... , good electricity and good wifi. This has been a great choice for tonight. We are about two blocks above the harbor and can see Morro Rock from our lot. Before finishing setting up camp, we decided to take a walk down to the harbor and get a shot of the ...

... has very many exotic-looking flowers in the window boxes.  We walked down to the docks to find a place for dinner, the giant Morro Rock shadowed by the setting sun.  It was nearly impossible to get a photo of and even more impossible to look ...

... check out a colony of elephant seals which number in the thousands and farther down the coast is Morro Bay.  Morro Bay is home to Morro Rock, part of the Nine Sisters and is a 26 million year old extinct chain of volcanoes.  As we love museums, ...

... not know much about Morro Bay, but I really did not expect much from this small town, famous for its extinct volcanic rock, the Morro Rock. It turns out that this was a much better spot than Monterey because the humpback whales actually come to the ...

... people seem to flock here, regardless of the price! Morro Bay is a much larger town than I’d expected! It features the Morro Rock, which is an extinct volcano, and sadly they also feature a massive power plant, which struggles with the Morro Rock ...

The community of Morro Bay is located approximately 3 hours north of our home. It is named after a huge volcanic plug, Morro Rock, that has served as an important landmark to sailors since discovered by Portuguese navigator Juan Cabrillo in 1542. It is ...

... Bay, c’est un village proche d’une baie (duh!) sur le Pacifique.  Mais le « claim for fame » est le Morro Rock, une colline solitaire sur la pointe de la baie.  Tu peux pas la manquer, elle est LÀ, dans ta face.  ...

... restaurant. The next morning we drove to the beach and took a short walk. Then we walked along the other side around Morro Rock number two! There were just hundreds of ground squirrels all over the rocks, lots of babies, they were literally ...