Trips for Hearst Castle

This is just the basics.I will update and insert photo's soon . First of all , you need a lot of energy to do it this way.Arrive to LA early morning of Tuesday and collect minivan.Set GPS for Kawada hotel in LA. Eat, rest and wash. Drive around …

Well we leave tomorrow by Maxjet from Stansted. God bless the car bombers, I am anticipating a long wait at the airport. Anyway I seem to be packing everything but the kitchen sink and my hand luggage is going to need a forklift to get it into th …

Our trip to California began with an eventful flight to San Jose. The first stop was Santana Row - to enjoy the shops and food. We ate at a Pan-asian restaurant called Straits Cafe where the dessert, which we lovingly termed "the volcano," …

Trip log 3/30 flight in stopped in las vegas. Nice to see the different casinos/hotels, at a cost of another 2 hrs added to the flight. The bike rental place was small and old. joe eorks the counter and is a nice young dude. They didnt have …

The San Rafael Market was beautiful: fresh fruit and veggies, seafood, meats, baked goods, lots of samples, art, crafts, jewelry, all types of food stands, live music, and even a bouncy room and a face painting clown for the kids! We had a …

Well, we're packing up and ready to board tomorrow early. The flight leaves around 6 AM, so we have to get there about 4 AM. Hopefully we can sleep on the plane or else we'll be a little tired. We'll see I guess. The excitement has yet to set …

We left a bit later than we had planned. Note to anyone driving from Fresno to the Central Coast in June- all cars MUST have air conditioning! Boy was it hot. The grapevine in Paso Robles Wine area were beautiful! In another month or so they …

Day One: The flight was a little delayed but I got my Harry Potter book so I was a happy. We made up for lost time in the air because we still landed on time -- 15 minutes early actually. First thing we did when we landed was picked up the …

Picked up the parents from LAX and headed towards Ventura on our week long trip cukminating with my dad and I running in the Big Sur Marathon on Sunday. We stopped off at Venice Beach for a quick stroll then left LA. Once in Ventura we checked …

This was quite a hike. My wife and I took our daughter to Ventura from Orange County. We met my parents there and left our daughter with them while we continued on to Cambria. The drive to Cambria from Ventura is beautiful. Almost all of the …