Careful what you wish for...

Okay, as promised here is my very long post! Last week was a pretty busy week for both Greg and me as we were getting ready to take a trip up to San Simeon and we are also trying to get stuff done so that we can come home for Thanksgiving. On Friday I took Pico to the vet and made sure his shots were up to date and that he was healthy enough to make the trip back to Flag. We left for our trip to San Simeon at 6:00am on Saturday morning and took a beautiful drive through Topanga Canyon and then continued our trip on the 101. We had wanted to take the 1 but we were getting hungry and wanted to get there so we could have lunch. On the way we did make a couple of stops one stop was to a pier in Cayucos. It was such a beautiful spot and there was a restaurant at the pier making clam chowder that smelled amazing but we didn’t eat there we continued on down the road towards Cambria Pines where we were going to be staying at the Blue Bird Motel. We made one more stop on the way at Moonstone Beach. The beach is amazing instead of sand there are pebbles and sea glass that are smoothed and rounded by the ocean, this is by far one of my most favorite places on the planet! We arrived early to Cambria and decided to go up to the cemetery (I love visiting cemeteries) and saw graves dated back to the 1870’s. Once we were done at the cemetery we went to lunch at the Redwood Café which was a really fun little family diner, they even had a veggie burger for Greg! Then we went back to the motel to check in before going to San Simeon for our reserved tour times at Hearst Castle. Our first tour was of one of the guest houses as well as the North Wing of Hearst Castle, and a brief look at the pools. It was a great tour and both Greg and I decided that we want to recreate the pools whenever we get a house, they were absolutely amazing! We had a little break before our next tour so we went to the gift shop and got some postcards since our camera cannot do that house justice! The last tour we went on was a night tour and we got to see almost everything else the castle has. They say once you have done these two tours you have seen 90% of the Castle. It was really neat to be in the Castle at night and they have people dressed in period clothing around the house which makes it super fun. I could go on and on about this I love history and this kind of thing is right up my alley! Anyway once we were done we drove back to our hotel and went to find some dinner. We found another family owned restaurant the Creekside Café where we got some Mexican food. After all of this we were exhausted and had to go to bed. I make it sound like the drive was short but it was actually 6 hours! We woke up early the next morning so we could get on the road but first we drove out to see a lighthouse and to stop at a cove where elephant seals live. The cove with the elephant seals was awesome you were able to get right up by these huge animals…but I have to say it smelled awful! Then we drove home and due to the fires we were not able to take the 1, maybe next time.

If you are reading this congratulations! You have made it to the end of Janet’s incredibly long post! Now for some pictures…

Till next time!