Best Western San Marcos Inn Morro Bay

... and the servings were more than ample. It was a pleasant way to top off a great day.
The only "whine" of the trip: The Twin Dolphin Inn was clean, the people pleasant, the rooms good sized, the beds comfortable, and the view was as promised. However, it is an older hotel. When taking a shower, there was no need to add cold water as by turning the hot on all the way, the temperature ...

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 ...

Hate the refrigerator in this room. Complained about it to the manager, little good it did. It keeps things really cold, however with random cacophony of sound that managed to keep me awake. I laid there, waiting for the sound to start!
Up and ate breakfast which wasn't too bad. They had coffee so everything is good. We drove down to the Rock as Mom's knees won't allow her to walk too far and not up and down hills. We walked up ...

... to move you up and down. The refrigerator periodically makes weird sounds, like it is trying to die. Hopefully it does not continue.
After putting everything away in the room, I drove us to the Rock. The Rock is the home to many birds, including Peregrine falcons, although we did not see them today. To the north lies the beach strand, and to the south lies a sea break and the opening into the harbor. The tide was ...

... We had a typically English lunch and really felt like we were back home in a local - weird! We later found out there are a number of English pubs in the Monterey area...

We spent most of the evening researching our next destination in our hotel room. We knew we wanted to head down Hwy 1 and along Big Sur, but we wanted a stop off point for a few days before reaching LA. We plumped for a small place called Cambria, a hundred miles down the ...

... Barbara. It was a bright and sunny day so we enjoyed our garage bought sandwiches on the pier fighting off the over sized seagulls.

We looked in our roomsaver book and found a cheap Motel in Morro Bay for $29.99 + tax, so decided to stay there for the evening. Took the turn off route 1 and checked in to the Holland Inn which was really good value with a comfy bed, cable tv, free wifi and clean facilities. We went down to the harbour to see the sunset over the bay where we heard ...

... kind of float on the surface during this time. They don’t quite sleep for 8 hours a day, but take 30-45 minute naps at a time. Lucky us.... we were even treated to a small period of this during our tour!!!

After that 3.5 hour experience, nothing could possibly go wrong with this day!!! Sea otters, 7 whales, sea lions swimming behind our boat, a pelican just hanging out with us.......

I had to cap it off with some fresh seafood ...

... presents before we left. We got to sit and talk for a while, it is sooo nice having adult conversation. Isa got the cutest travel kitty from him. She named her Malla....We are all planning on meeting up sometime this winter again. I liked that area, I want to go back this spring but the weather front that many of you are sitting with right now? It was coming our way so I decided to head out. Where are we now???

weaving up the coast was a fun and relaxing trip with Robin. The beautiful coastline..starting with Seal Beach, Santa Monica, Venice, then thru downtown LA and back to the coast around Ventura, Oxnard, Carpinteria, etc. Along way way, we saw Hearst Campground and ...

... the car, driving past them with the windows shut! We had our usual Evans crisis when Tegz fell over Lyn's leg, and hurt her thumb really badly. Cue much screaming and crying, but the seals didn't seem to notice. We drove from there onto a place called Moonstone Bay. Wow. This is the type of beach we like. Wild and deserted. We spent a fantastic hour there, just listening to the waves crashing, and the kids playing in the sea. We all loved it. I'd like to go back ...