Our trip is starting to get tiring. I am however feeling better today which is a relief. I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed. We were out the door and at Carl Jr’s by 7:30 this morning hoping to make a dent in our drive home. We traveled down highway one along the California coast. It was so beautiful, although the sheer drop offs were kind of scary. We did make a couple of stops to take pictures but after a while I started getting car sick because the road was so windy and so many ups and downs. It was taking way too long and we still had plans to go to Hearst Castle.
The one stop we made that was incredible was looking at tons (literally) of elephant seals all along the beach. We were so close to them. It was fantastic. One male got too close to another male’s harem and there was a bit of a chase off, but nothing too intense. We loved it!
We did make it to Hearst Castle, but I was thinking about a 45 minute visit instead of the two hour tour they make you take. So after lunch, the $50 tour, and of course the gift shop we REALLY were late in getting back on the road.
One funny thing that happened when we got to the car. I sat in the front seat and then looked out my window and this raven was sitting right by the car door with such an irresistible look that I had to find a cracker to give him, but as soon as I threw him a bite of cracker another one showed up, then another and then all of a sudden every raven in San Simeon descended on us. I told Curt to drive away as fast as he could because the scene looked just like something from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. EERIE!
As far as the castle tour, it was interesting but I couldn’t help thinking the whole time we should be leaving.
On our way back to some sort of civilization we drove across California, highway 46 and came to an oil field with hundreds of working oil pumps. It was such a sight. I have never seen anything like it. Haven’t been to Iraq, but really, do you think they have more machines (and didn’t Saddam burn them all up anyway) than California? Well, I guess they might, but I was surprised to see that gas wasn’t any cheaper just down the street from that massive oil collection site.
Going home has been so slow. It is 10:00 pm and we are still on the road. I watched the last installment of Foyle’s War and one episode of Sharpe’s Army and now I am typing on the computer so I have been fairly occupied. But I am about done for, so I think that the next hotel we see might be the place we will spend the night. I hope one shows up soon.
Whiskey Pete’s. I stood in line to get a room but they were taking too long and my patience ran out, besides, I looked at all the people in line (one lady was so drunk she was running into things) and thought I should go somewhere else. We drove across the street to Buffalo Bill’s. They were fast and got us a room but . . . I now take back anything bad I said about the other places I stayed. For $79 plus tax, this is about as crappy as it gets. I can’t wait until morning so I can LEAVE. Curt thought we might have to get hepatitis shots before heading home!
2 comments:
Do you see what happens when you try to be a good person!! You get attacked by ravenous ravens!! That was a great simile or whatever you would call that! I'm glad your home but I wish I could have come with you because it sounded like a blast!!
I really like this video - these animals remind me of me.
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