Vine Street Inn B&B Paso Robles

... sea. We find our motel, having driven past a<br>sign telling us San Simeon has a population of 442... Pretty much<br>nothing going on here! Drove to the next biggest town, Cambria for<br>lunch, this town actually had some shops and a petrol station! The<br>petrol station also had vacuums so we took advantage of this and<br>cleaned the inside of the car ready for returning ...

... and stretch your legs.<br> After a lunch, we headed up the coast, stopping frequently to take pictures and walk. There are plenty of pull outs along this stretch of road. We skipped stopping in Harmony, originally a hippie commune, as it is now way too commercial. We did stop at San Simeon, below the Hearst Castle. We did not take the tour, as we have both been there several times. But the little town below is quaint with an old ...

... it, but I had and Mom said no, she wasn't interested.<br> We drove up through Santa Barbara and moved over to Highway 1 when it became available. Again, you drive through farmland and vineyards. Lots of horses in sight. Finally we came to Morro Bay. You cannot miss it, with both the Rock that Morro Bay is named for that is a monolith, and for the large power plant with its' three tall stacks. It took a bit to find the hotel ...

06/11/2009 - We left our peaceful b&amp;b and Capitola behind and headed south on Hwy 1 to Monterey, stopping off a couple of times at beaches along the way. The weather was a bit chilly though, and only the surfers were brave enough to be in the water. <br><br>We arrived in Monterey, checked into our hotel, The Mariposa Inn, and headed down to the harbour and beach. There wasn't a lot to see, so we took refuge from the weather in The London Bridge Pub on the ...

... i seem to be drifting in and out of days but as i write i think of things we did. so last night we were shopping for shoes at 10 at night (in San Fran). as i said last blog that the pres was in town, well we got caught up in the big protest that was outside his hotel so that was interesting!!! no pics again this time sorry but were off to bed to prepare for our next big adventure. bye all carol and kev x<br>

... get. We've been down to the outdoor fire tonight. The hotel has 3 fire places down near the beach that they light up every night. Got speaking to a few Americans there, a "couple" of men and 2 other men. Had some nice conversations and they liked some pics that I took today. It's interesting comparing cultures and even chatting about politics, drought etc. Anyway, going to upload some pics and go to bed, got to get up and at 'em in the morning.

After<br>a terrible night of fearful driving, we made it to the hotel and were<br>lucky to be alive, so we went for a visit of the Hearst Castle. This is<br>a mansion/castle built by W.R.Hearst and it just amazing. It sits on<br>900 acres of land, on top of a hill with stunning vies of the ocean.<br>The tour is very informational and the castle is beautiful inside.<br>Driving on to Solvang, we passed through rolling hills of ...

... place where the pavement had been gouged by falling boulders so large that heavy equipment must have been needed to remove them. At another slide section (see photo) the highway department had erected a very heavy duty steel fence to hopefully contain the further slides that were likely to occur. Another unforeseen danger was poison oak. We were told by a park ranger that this was a banner year for the menacing plant that seemed to grow profusely among the roadsides making ...

... compramos leña y preparamos un asado un poco peculiar, Salami Kosher y salchichas, los niños estaban vueltos locos con el salami que nunca habían probado y que se lo comieron junto con los pepinillos, como yo con mis papás a esa edad.... Abrimos un vino Californiano, bastante bueno para el momento y como a las 12 nos fuimos todos a dormir. Ha sido por mucho la mejor cena que hemos pasado ¡!

... needed to put the pedal to the metal and get to Long Beach ASAP. Followed by a brief discussion of, "Fast driver get big tips, no?" So after compromising most of my morals and handing him a handful of cash we bobbed and weaved through traffic to make it to Long Beach in a record 22 minutes. So I boarded the plane and arrived back in Syracuse a little after midnight to be met by Bloom and my mufflerless chariot that put putted its way back to our little farmhouse.