Wow, today has been amazing - up early to head off to Hearst Castle - owned by the newspaper magnate William Ralph Hearst. Being father of the infamous Patty Hearst - somehow the tour guide didn't want to hear the question about the 'bomb' that had damaged part of the building. Amazingly we heard the thunder rolling in San Luis Obispo this morning and apparently according to the radio the lightning was striking and fires were raging.
The castle was just so cool but even with walking around for at least one and a half hours we didn't see the entire thing. We went to the movie afterwards which enabled us to see the building of the castle from the day it began - was just amazing. I had a trim latte at the Java stop this morning on the way to the castle and then another coffee at the castle.
Went on to see the elephant seals on the beach after the visit - which was soooo cool!! They are HUGE!! Took some more photos - of course!! lol
Then went to a place called In and Out Burger!! rofl Guess the closest would be a MacDonalds but everything is fresh and the potatoes are chipped while you wait and look - it was a great little place and apparently in a place called Atascadero.
We then went and met up with Tiffany and Carole again at a winery - oh man, they are club members at this winery and this was even better than the other ones!! I mean at least 85% of the wines were extremely potable. Matt was so neat - actually tasted the wine along with us much to the surprise of his sister!! rofl
Went back to the hotel for an hour to recuperate and pack some food and then off to Albertsons to get the bits and pieces to make shish kebabs.....OH MAN - you should have seen their shrimp!!!! About 7 times the size of our ones at home - makes ours look miserable little buggers!! lol
Haven't tasted them yet but am looking forward to eating them...........We're at Jason and Shawna's again tonight and are having an amazing bbq with their family which includes Tyler, Bryson, Braeleigh and Ashley and Justin - it's going to be an awesome night I can just tell!!! lol
Am drinking Bianchi champagne tonight with Shanna - pronounced Shawna as I have been spelling it all this time and just checked with her!! lol I gave Jason some salt-water taffy from Morro Bay tonight and gave Shanna some of my kiwi antiflamme - the one that comes from Nuclear Free NZ and is in the purple container.
I will catch up with you guys again tomorrow - we have been invited out to Tiffany and Carole's for dinner - and they LOVE cooking - and have already asked me what sort of things I am allergic to. Told them that the only things I couldn't cope with were oysters and anchovies - so am really looking forward to seeing what they have concocted tomorrow night.
See you tomorrow guys.........mwah
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