We took a Spring trip to Monterey, California with another couple for a few days.
We had great weather a little cooler than I was expecting for California
but it is the coast and it is April.
We took the 17 Mile Drive at Pebble Beach to see the coast and how the other half live.
Golf courses everywhere
The Lone Cypress
Pebble Beach Lodge
Lexus
Heast Castle was on a foggy day. I figured not many people see it on a foggy day.
One of the docents said the castle usually rose above the fog, so it was a rare site 'in the fog'
Coming up to the 'house' from the driveway
Front door
Mosaic Tile in the entry way looked like a big tapestry rug
Dining Room
One of the cottages the Hearst family stayed in while the castle was being built
this one was 3000 sq feet.
a typical bedroom in the castle, the sacristy door to the right of the bed
is a bathroom door, one or two in each bedroom
The ceilings were ceilings from churches in Italy that were going to
be destroyed
Hearst's office
This is one of four bedrooms that was made in the two towers of the castle,
this one with the bedroom upstairs and the sitting room and bathroom downstairs.
There is one just like it above this one. Then two just like it in the other tower.
The staircases were so plain.
I think this is the 5000 sq ft cottage on the property
Neptune Pool empty for renovation. It was leaking 300 gallons of water
a day. With California's water shortage they decided it was time to fix it.
It might be empty for another 2 years.
The indoor pool (Roman Pool) under the tennis courts.
When the Hearst Private Zoo was closed down they gave most of the
animals to local zoos, but they just let the zebra loose to roam the hills
with the cattle and such on the property. I snagged a picture
of this one, but it was technically still in captivity I guess. :o)
Fisherman's Wharf
Big Sur
Cypress tree forest
Harbor Seals all snug up on the warm beach on the right
Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur shows a 180 degree view of the coast
It was a beautiful day
Julia Pheiffer Burns State Park
Pheiffer Falls
not much water going over the falls
You can barely see the falls at the head of the little bay
This is the other view from the location of Julia Burns house on the bluff, breathtaking!!
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Just in time for the otter feeding
The aquarium's tidal pool
This is the view from the aquarium out to the bay.
There are about 11 otters feeding out there just below the buoy.
We had dinner at Bubba Gumps on the Bay
Mt. Shasta on the way home
Had a great time!!
