Hotel Fireside Inn Morro Bay

... on Friday. Drove<br>to the Hearst Castle entrance, pretty sure we had to pay to drive up to<br>it so we headed back to the motel to wash the car with Rich's boxers<br>and America's fairy liquid, didn't really make much difference! Went<br>back to Cambria for dinner then home to repack everything that had been<br>spread out through the car ready for returning it on Friday.<br><br>

... and some buildings dating back to the 1870's. Next stop was the elephant seal sanctuary. This is a great pull out. You can walk for a ways on either side of the pull out and observe the elephant seals. There is also usually a docent available to explain about the seals, as well as plaques explaining what you are seeing. We saw lots of younger seals, sparing and chatting. It was quite noisy. But the wind was blowing the right way ...

... in as we arrived, so we parked and walked out to the rock. I ventured farther, over the rocks and out to the beach below the sea break. When I first started coming here, you could walk out on the sea break, but then someone was washed out to sea with a wave, so now the break is closed. But the tide was coming in, and there were magnificent wave crashes that towered over the break and cascaded down the side. As usual, my ...

... t been touched since the eighties; the owner had a wicked collection of cassette tapes! I found a collection of jigsaw puzzles and got stuck straight in - sad I know, but I love puzzles!<br><br>08/11/2009 - In the morning, we woke up and went for a walk along Moonstone Beach - a lovely beach apart from the dead rotting seals! We spent the rest of the day relaxing and then had a bbq on the deck in the evening. What a great day.<br><br>09/11/2009 - After a ...

... it is the most beautiful place and all the scenery all the way down the coast was just stunning.<br>before we forget........answers to the quiz 1) johnny cash sang the songs with jackson and folsom in them...2)creedence clearwater revival sang a song with Lido in it and ...3) ELO had an album titled El Dorado so no 100% to any of you but at least we know none of you cheated!!!<br>anyway back to the days ...

... laguna. Do plaz bylo daleko, ale port okazal sie bardzo ciekawy. Na dokladke w wodzie pluskaly sie, a na pomostach wylegiwaly foki. Nad woda zas lataly pelikany. Zrobilismy sobie wzdluz portu ladny spacer i Ola nie byla az tak bardzo rozczarowana. Obiecana miala kapiel nastepnego dnia. W jednej z restauracji w porcie zjedlismy sobie fish&amp;chips i napilismy sie amerykanskiego piwa. Potem wrocilismy do hotelu. Na pocieszenie dziewczynki mogly sobie poogladac w telewizji Discney Channel. <br>

Day 186 Mariposa - Morro Bay - California. We had breaky and were doing a usual pack to leave but today was slightly out of line. Why you might ask? Well the fact is we had to leave this park without Earnie cleaning his teeth, NOPE we are NOT kidding! How could this happen. Well simple really, we headed back up to complete all the usual tasks before leaving, and the Castle all mopped ready to leave, to find the bathrooms awash with an overflowing ...

... away, and bought the kids trainers. We then drove back through Paso Robles, and an area known as Vineyard Drive, which has 200 wineries! We were really good and only stopped at one, and had a little wine tasting session, and bought a bottle! The area is absolutely beautiful inland, really green an lush with rows and rows of perfectly straight vines. At times it feels like you could be in France. It's also much hotter than we are. We were about 14 miles ...

... for a long time. We finally agreed that his name was Percy and he decided he liked us both. He's doing very well in the trailer though he does pace like a convict if he doesn't get out of his cage soon enough. On Sunday, we pulled out for Marina up the coast. Susie came by to say good bye and there was lots of hugging. It was a wonderful visit with Susie-Morro Bay is just spectacular and Susie is a wonderful host. What a great start to our trip through California up to Oregon!

... 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.