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Exploring the Hearst Castle
(Feb 03 '08)
"The tour includes the guest houses, main houses, and the pools. I ask "Can I just stay here and admire the pool?""
Hearst Castle
(May 30 '90)
We left Carmel and headed farther south to see Hearst Castle in San Simeon. What is there to say about the size and wealth? When our guide met us at the entrance, I said "this is HUGE". She said ...
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San Simeon is all about the Hearst Castle. In fact, I didn't see anything else while I was there. You start the tour at the Visitor's Center, where I had a very bad ...
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The Hearst Castle was built because W.R. Hearst said he was too old to "camp" any more on his land. Plus he had 4 sons that wanted to swim when they ventured to San Simeon. ...
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hearst castle
(Feb 10 '08)
Castle in the Sky
(Sep 09 '06)
"Several faces were familiar, and I was beginning to think that these were the people I previously saw in Solvang."
sand beneath my feet, sun in my face
(Feb 05 '08)
"The only time my wandering is put on pause is when I bend down to take my shoes off for the few creek crossings."
I wake promptly at 7 am, when my alarm goes off. I have arranged to meet a few of the ...
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I left Flagstaff and drove on
Route 40 into California.
I drove across the Mojave Desert without any water, and stopped just before Bakersfield to hydrate.
What an experience. From the green plains ...
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Pacific Coast Highway
(Dec 18 '06)
The next day we went back to Budget rental car to get a new car. The Pontiac Grand Prix we had was teriffic, it had seat warmers, electric everything and a sun roof. The only problem was that the ...
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Independance day on the central coast
(Jul 04 '07)
"It was only the males. They come ashore to rest and shed while the women stay at sea to hunt food. Hmmm"
Here's a tip - Don't ever go to Morro Bay, it's a dump! there's a really really big rock there - ...
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Wine Country
(Jul 03 '07)
"We waited to see the other testers use the bucket but none of them went near it"
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Solvang and Morro Bay
(May 14 '07)
On the first day of our road trip we headed north from Los Angeles and ended up in Morro Bay for the evening. We visited some interesting places on the way. Santa Barbara was a lovely stop, ...
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