Paso Robles, Cambria and Morro Bay

We are staying for a day in the Paso Robles area. It's a really pretty area of rolling hills with an abundance of wineries and acres of grapes as far as the eye can see. Today was quite windy but not too cold, about 60 degrees where we are staying. I wanted to see Cambria because I had heard so much about it. It is located on Hwy 1 to the West of Paso Robles about 30 miles. We drove there over Hwy. 46 which was a scenic ride through the country. Once in Cambria, we felt it was more or less a tourist destination but we did locate the Nit Wit house which is suppose to be a historic destination. Once there, we could see it was a collection of pieces of things that had been found and assembled into the resemblence of a house. Here's a picture.

From Cambria we went north just a short drive along the coast to see Hearst Castle at San Simeon. The sun was out, but it was breezy here too. We didn't do the tour of the castle but toured around the visitors center and read some of the history.

We headed south along the coast to Morro Bay. Morro Bay is in the vacinity of my old fishing grounds from when I was in my 20's and married to Dustin's Dad. We did commercial salmon fishing off the cost of California in the 70's and I believe we brought our boat into Morro Bay once to get out of the weather. I was hungry so we found a fresh fish market/galley to eat where we ordered our food at the outside window then ate it while sitting out on the deck with the Morro Bay Rock in the view, fishing boats bobbying around and sea gulls pooping and begging from all the tourists. It was extremely picturesque and brought back some old feelings of fishing and being glad to be in port when the wind was howling like it was today. There were many para-surfers in the waves and they were so entertaining. We enjoyed watching the Pelicans dive for their fish and the sea otters wrapped together in sea weed and floating along near the shore. Our lunch was so fresh and delicious. I had a cup of clam chowder and a dungeness crab cocktail. Claude ordered the Halibut and chips. Both were extremely fresh and I would say the best fish and chips I have ever eaten. See photos. It was windy and cool there but worth the discomfort for the experience.

Tomorrow we are getting serious about our house hunting. We are looking around San Luis Obispo, Nipomo, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach for our first serious possible second home location. We may be staying near the ocean as our base in an area called "Oceano". I am really excited to be getting more south where I think it is more likely the perfect home location will exist. Stay tuned.