Shoreline Inn On The Ocean Cayucos

... marked, just pull-outs) to spy the rock down below and enjoy the countryside. Eventually you begin to see the vineyards. You can follow any of the signs to the various wineries, but this time we stayed on Rt. 46 until we reached Winery Rd. First stop was right after the fork at the Donati family vineyard. A charming white farmhouse style wine tasting room, I have always stopped at this ...

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

... Rock. We were also lucky enough to see the Peregrine Falcons, just as we were getting ready to leave.
We wandered up Main Street to Morro State Park and the Blue Heron bird sanctuary. This is a protected stand of eucalyptus where egrets and herons (both blue and night) nest. As it was not nesting season, we only spied a couple of the blues and one lonely egret. The walk is easy and not too long, which makes a nice chance to get ...

... as the trees were turning colors.
The GPS took us up Highway 101 and we took a lunch break next to the ocean, just below Rincon. We made sandwiches and watched the surfers riding the waves. Even saw some waveboarders. For the beginning of November, the weather is great. I was in a t-shirt and shorts all day. We continued up, past the Madonna Inn, home of the infamous men's bathroom. Worth a stop if you have not ...

... 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!

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.

09/11/2009 - After a ...

We arrived in LA just in time to see the sunset at the amazing Venice Beach (no signs of the Hoff though!). All the shops along the beach front were just shutting down but at least we got to see a few of the characters that hang around, a little bit like Hollywood Boulevard - a few tourists and a lot of weirdos either shouting at others or themselves. We didn't have anywhere to stay so we drove through Malibu, unsurprisingly it was all a little expensive so we took a random turn off the ...

... in the day but it's still 90% empty so I'm still liking it. Lessons learned: 1 - Don't judge a campground by first glance. If it's full today, it may be empty tomorrow. 2 - a $30 scissor jack is well worth the investment. To think we were using our back labor (old and worn out) up to now. 3 - If you know seafood gives you the runs (which I did), don't eat it. Verified by me this moring at 3 am as I was puking in a community ...

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... Today was a beautiful day, clear and sunny. Couldn't ask for better weather than this. However, the waves were not as good as i imagined them to be. However, it was nostalgic for me and I wish all my friends could have came out to experience it again. My session featured a few good rides, I got covered up one time and with that it was already worth it. I stayed south of coronado while jess moved up north. It was a day that i would ...

... some post from the UK with him, so I had cards from the family, plus Cath, Mel and the Dixon 6 and Kate and Dennis, plus lots of e-mails and texts too - it was a lovely surprise. I also had a new top and some lovely, pure white knickers from M&S from Cath - yipee new underwear. That evening I put on my new top and we headed off for a birthday steak in Bakersfield a little town on the way to Vegas. Picture the scene, me overdressed in my spangly Ted Baker vest top, Phil looking ...