Alissa: Very quickly into our ride we turned inland away from the coast for a bit.
After a few miles we stopped to see the elephant seals
then made an early pit stop for lunch of burgers made from Hearst cattle and some wine tasting for Glen.
Then we went on a tour of the Hearst Castle
and saw a bunch of bedrooms, Hearst’s office
the indoor pool,
and the looooooong driveway up from Hwy 1.
We passed through Cambria and Cayucos which I think were our final cute little towns consisting of a single Main St “downtown” area. Glen kindly took a picture of me when we passed Harmony. The last time I was in a picture with this sign, my brother and grandma were also in the photo and Harmony had 4 fewer citizens.
We rode until 7 pm because of the time change and our long mid-day break at the Castle, so were starving when we arrived in Morro Bay (which also had a super cute single-street downtown). In the words of my nephew, “What the?”
(Glen’s food is apparently more authentic?)
On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at the ATM and I saw this:
Why doesn’t anyone (er, the Easter Bunny?) ever leave a Reese’s bar and clasp envelopes at my place of work?
