Mariners Inn Cambria

... yet the people were friendly and informative. I came home with several new wines to share with friends.
No trip to Morro would be the same without eating at Dorn's, a local landmark. Sitting high upon a hill, overlooking the bay, Dorn's offers great views to dine by, as well as great food. My mom and I were seated at the window and enjoyed a great fresh halibut dinner. We chose the fresh ...

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

... 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 ...

... very noisy seals swimming around the docked boats. We shared a large fish and chips for dinner at Outrigger but had a nasty glass of wine so by all means eat but don't order the house wine! The restaurant had an amazing view of the mount where we watched the sun disappear out of sight for the evening.

One year today, happy anniversary a complete year of traveling, wow it's gone quickly. In the morning we had dry muffins as part of our free breakfast (not so great!), and headed down ...

... looked more like a Duomo than castle) is really worth a viewing.

After having the luxury of visiting these places personally in Europe it is intriguing to see it reconstructed but you can see that the some of the Americans around loved being in "a part of Europe" and with a small percentage of Americans who have passports, this is perhaps the nearest they are going to get to it.

We met Mike and Sharon for lunch at a quaint restaurant, which was the ...

... een kamer met TV voor 175 dollar, overigens alles EX BTW (zo doen ze dat hier). Als we wilden konden we ook nog zo'n 40 tot 60 minuten doorrijden naar verderop waar een aantal motels zaten...die zijn goedkoper. Hmm, we hadden het wel gehad. Het was inmiddels ongeveer 19:30 we waren moe, het zicht werd toch alleen maar slechter...dus hebben we hun 'goedkoopste' kamer maar genomen :(...hopenlijk de zou de mist morgen redelijk zijn opgetrokken...nou daar hopen we dan maar op.

... up), Santa Monica for a visit to the pier,and then lunch at Bubba Gump, Santa Barbara and Laguna. Arrived at our hotel at about 8.30 this evening.. very nice hotel, fireplace and all. Had dinner at a restaurant called the Sea Chest next door, and am now about to fall asleep!

... climbing up and down the rocks. After that, we hit the road and continued down Highway 1 which goes right along the coast. Central Coastal California is site lovely. The drive is beautiful with the ocean to your right and greenery to your left. However, the drive was a bit slow and windy, moreso than my prior drives. But, it was quite scenic so I enjoyed it. When we neared San Luis Obispo, it got more cloudy so it became less lovely and more gloomy. My brother was ...

... and William Randolph Hearst sure knew how to spend his money. Since this castle houses museum quality artifacts including Egyptian statues from 3500 BC, an authentic Roman fresco, and many works of art from the Renaissance the guides stay very close and don't let you alone to linger. I wanted to hork a big loogie into the pool in the name of Tom Joad but I couldn't do it without being caught. The place is very impressive and I definitely would recommend ...