We've spent the last day and a bit in San Simeon and surrounding regions. This area is great. It's so relaxed and quiet compared to the LA. It's hard to believe it's only 4 hours or so drive.
The sunsets here are spectacular. The hotel we're staying at (Best Western Cavalier) puts on bonfires at sunset and most people go down to the bluffs and sit and watch the sun set over the Pacific.
Today we went for a drive along the coastline and ended up seeing parts of Big Sur, where a mountain range meets the ocean. It's probably the most amazing road I've ever driven along. Mountains to the east, Ocean to the west, and a road precariously balanced in between.
After lunch at a little town called Gorda (and a brief whale spotting), we turned around and stopped at one of the beaches where the Elephant Seals were sunning themselves. There were hundreds of them! They smelled a little bit, and made sounds distinctly like very long burps, but be stayed and watched them for about 30 minutes or so.
Photos are at http://picasaweb.google.com/aaron77/BigSur
After that, we went on the tour at Hearst Castle. It was quite incredible. There's an amazing amount of old items and pieces that were transported from churches etc in Europe, some dating back as far as 600 years. It's definitely worth a visit.
Here's the photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/aaron77/HearstCastle
Tomorrow we're heading off early to go to Vegas, which should take about 7 or 8 hours going by Google Maps. My back has been playing up a bit lately, I think from a combination of sleeping on strange beds and spending so much time in a strange car. Hopefully it doesn't give me too much grief tomorrow, because the day after is the Grand Canyon round trip.
So that's it for California. Next stop Vegas! :D
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