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| FogCatcher Inn It would have been so nice to just hang out at the FogCatcher Inn, but we had a 10:30 reserved tour time at the Hearst Castle. |
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| Real food and dishes at breakfast were a step up from Hampton Inn |
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| The hotel is across the street from Moonstone Beach. Helen has been dropping hints that she wants to come back to this area for a future anniversary. |
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| The Hearst Castle in San Simeon is just a short beautiful drive north of Cambria |
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| The Hearst Castle sits high in the hills and you have to take a shuttle from the visitor center |
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| Winding up the hills on the shuttle bus |
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| Making our way to the Grand Rooms Tour |
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| Our guide was really good |
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| The inside of the house was nice, but a little stuffy in an antique sort of way |
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| The grounds were beautiful |
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| Back down to the visitor center |
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| Beach across the street from the Hearst Castle |
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| Hearst Castle high on the hill |
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| Coastal Discovery Center had limited hours and was closed when we were there |
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| Beautiful area just south of Point Piedras Blancas Light Station |
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| At first we didn't even see the seals. Once we started walking around we realized they were all over the beach. |
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| There were hardly any people in this area. We had it mostly to ourselves and spent a long time here. It was one of those unexpectedly wonderful experiences. Sometimes things don't turn out as well as you expect and sometimes...they turn out way better. |
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| The Elephant Seal rookery area would have been neat but was way more crowded and not nearly as pretty as the area we just came from |
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| Light Station |
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| Ragged Point Inn |
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| Big Sur |
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| Sometimes there was construction and a stop light to control one way traffic along the Pacific Coast Highway |
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| Derek just waking up from a nap |
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| Bixby Creek Bridge |
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| McWay Falls |
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| The Backstory |
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| It must have been quite a view from the house that overlooked the falls |
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| Nepenthe Restaurant |
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| Adam setting up his bed in our room at the Wayfarer Inn, in Carmel. He and Derek were excited there was a pullout bed so they could each have their own bed for a change. In planning the trip I tried to allow for a leisurely drive up the coast without rushing, but there's so many pretty things to see. A hundred miles along the coast can easily take a whole day. |
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