calherewecome

So a couple of months ago, I asked Paula what she wanted to do for her birthday and our wedding anniversary. She suggested that we do a two day road trip somewhere in California. So we decided to drive up the CA coast to Morro Bay. Morro Bay is about 200 miles from LA. It is a small sea side community. So our plan was to drive up to Morro Bay on Thursday on rte. 101. It takes about 5 hours including an hour for lunch.

So for us to get away for three days means that we need to get care givers arranged for Mary. At this stage of her life, we can’t leave her alone. So we sent an email to carenetLA.com to arrange.

On the ride north, we stopped at town called “Buellton” for lunch. We ate at a restaurant called “Pea Soup Andersen’s” which was apparently famous for its pea soup. So we decided, what the hell, we’d give it a try. The waiter told us that we could have free refills on the soup. Apparently the record is 17 bowls of soup. My word, that’s a lot of soup. We politely declined and had just one bowl each. Very tasty. Though, truth be told, the pea soup that I make is better.

Rte 101 tends to hug the coastline through Santa Barbara and Ventura. The route turns inland after Santa Barbara to avoid Vandenberg AFB. (We went there last year for Mike’s promotion ceremony.) Then back to coast through Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande’. Lots of surfing along this area.

So we decided to stay at the “Ascot Inn at the Rock“. A nice little hotel with a great view of the harbor. Included free breakfast and free WiFi. Breakfast was decent. Scrambled eggs and sausages, toast or cold cereal. Our plan was to have a nice dinner out, then on Friday go up to tour the Hearst Castle in San Simeon. We ate at a place called “Dorn’s Breaker Cafe“.

Needless to say there are sea food restaurants here. We found a nice place within walking distance. Paula had broiled haddock and I had saute’d scallops. I had a tasty martini before dinner and a glass of sauvignon blanc during dinner.

They had a roof top deck set up for evening get togethers. I took a couple of pictures. The sea gull was seemed to be very used to people. I think he was expecting to be fed. There is a huge rock formation out in the harbor. Quite distinctive.

Paula suggested we take a couple of pics of the room. Decor was a pleasant rose color.

Take a look at the links that I added. Most of them have better pictures than I could have taken. Now on to San Simeon.

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Tags: Buellton, Morro Bay, San Simeon, travel