My girlfriends of almost 30 years, and I hopped in my car this week and headed to the ocean. We are fortunate to live only 3 hours away from some awesome beaches.
This one is William Randolph Hearst State Park, just across Hwy 1 from the entrance to Hearst Castle. There is a pier also, and if you walk out on the pier, turn around and look back, you can see the Castle, perched high above the ocean. It is a quiet, placid beach, and one can imagine life as it was during Mr. Hearst’s time.
We also stopped just north of Cambria at another park and watched the waves come in. This little guy also showed up, and filled his cheeks with nuts and berries we had brought for snacks. My friends gave me quite a tongue lashing for feeding him, but I didn’t care as I feed the squirrels at my house too so figured he should reap some of the bounty.
We spent the night in San Simeon, a sleepy little burg, just a wide spot in the road, and wandered the beach, looking for rocks the next morning.
Leaving our 100 degree days to enjoy cool ocean breezes and good conversation and food was a much needed treat for all of us.
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Kathy // June 20, 2008 at 9:04 pm |
Sounds like a great trip!
MrsDoF // June 21, 2008 at 6:05 pm |
Beautiful photos. I feel cooler just looking at the beach.
Like you, I feed squirrels in my yard. They especially love a small bit of an oatmeal date muffin.
And my husband chastises me every time.