Best Western Black Oak Motor L Paso Robles

Check out at 11 and set off for San Simeon, Rich's choice for tonight's<br>stop half way down the coast. Lots more waves and coastal things along<br>the drive, probably the least exciting part of the pacific highway.<br>Near San Simeon we find somewhere with lots and lots of MASSIVE<br>elephant seals, mainly sleeping on the shore making Rich-like noises<br>and a few fighting in ...

... gotten a late start, but it is just such a great ride. The fog was starting to creep in, so we headed back towards Morro, stopping wherever the camera urge struck.<br> We stopped in Cayucos, the little town just north of Morro Bay. It is a more developed town with tons of antique outlets. You could wander for quite a while in the stores. But we just strolled around the town and headed back to Morro as the sun was starting to dip and ...

You know that you are traveling with your 85 year old mother when she brings out all her stuff in plastic bags and on hangars! Also when she brings out her cooler and traveling food "just in case we get hungry so we don't have to eat out all the time". We loaded up the xterra and off we started. I had chosen the scenic route for the GPS and it did not disappoint. We started off heading up 14 to I5 when the GPS said turn so I ...

... of having our own house for a few days was too much to resist. We packed up, checked out and headed to Cambria...So in the end, we didn't really get to see much of Monterey at all. To be honest, it seemed really quiet and not as buzzing as we had heard. Maybe it was because it was off-season, but Monterey wasn't all it had cracked up to be...<br><br>The drive down Big Sur, however, did live up to expectations. It was exhilarating - winding through the edge ...

... we went through Monterey and the 17 mile drive and stopped in at carmel for lunch. when we come back we will have a week just to really see these places. so onto san Lius Obispo but the road was so windy(but spectacular) we didn't quite make it. hence our stop in Cayucos. it is just about 1/2 way between San Fran and LA and very beautiful. the weather is really warm, high 20's with very low humidity. so ...

... the younger couple we took the tour with and the other was an older couple getting ready to retire. The guy serving us was pretty cool. Plus, he previously lived in Austin TX, so he had plenty of insight and advice concerning our new home. J<br><br>We headed back out to the PCH and the coast after Paso Robles, and this was where the coast suddenly became very scenic. There were many scenic turnouts, and JT and I seemed to be ...

... br>left and right. The town of Solvang is a Danish culture community with<br>many shops, bakeries, and art galleris. The town's buildings are built<br>in the design which is set to remind you of Denmark. We visited one of<br>the bakeries here and sampled some of their delicious pastries and did<br>some shopping. We then headed on to Santa Barbara and walked along the<br>ocean and pier, Santa Barbara is a very pretty location.

... s sake! Vegas was the next stop but managed to miss my train at 6.45am and because of the annoying US transport system, I had to wait another day to get my train. Just missed the train as well, even thought about hailing a cab and saying "Follow that train" but then realized I wasn´t in the movies, even though my surroundings looked like a movie set.