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Harmony
When I see signs like this one in Harmony, California, I always wonder if they update it for every birth or death in town. I also kind of wonder how a town this small manages a winery whose tasting room accommodates more people than does the local housing.
A Day in San Luis Obispo
Central Coast Landscape near San Luis Obispo
Located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, this “happiest place in America” is an excellent stopping point for road-weary road-warriors driving the 656-mile Pacific Coast Highway. But don’t expect too much downtime in San Luis Obispo. After spending the morning at Hearst Castle (roughly 40 minutes north in San Simeon) or marveling at California’s rocky coast, you’ll still have plenty of daylight left to explore one of the state’s oldest communities.
Having worked up quite a hunger after Hearst we made our next stop a place renowned (they say “world famous” although that seems unlikely) for its barbeque tri-tip sandwiches. The line snaking out the door told us that The Firestone Grill was indeed popular with locals; or, at least on that particular Saturday, popular with Cal Polly students hungry for hangover food.
Morning on the Coast
I got up early for no other reason than to see the morning sun break on California’s incredible coast. This little excursion took me roughly fifty miles along the Pacific Coast Highway from Morro Bay, past Hearst Castle, to the southern reaches of Big Sur.
“A Little Something”
A Spanish cathedral inspired the towers that rise above Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA.
An old journalism adage counsels writers against burying their lede, so here’s mine: freaking zebras. Before we get to that, though, there’s this small matter of a castle. Only it is not really a castle. Maybe I need to back up and explain.
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Fulltime wanderers since 2010, Brian & Shannon are traveling the world on a quest to see everything there is to see . . . at least once.
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