There are basically two things to do down in the Cambria area (besides shop at the "art" stores in town): Hearst Castle and the elephant seal rookery at Piedras Blancas. Let's take the second part first!
The rookery is a short drive up Rte 1 from San Simeon; we headed up there after lunch on our first full day in the area (come to think of it, we never managed to accomplish anything before lunch!). There's a long boardwalk next to the highway that overlooks a stretch of sand that hosts male, female, and juvenile elephant seals - including tiny pups.
So why aren't there lovely family photos of us with the elephant seals? It was pretty windy, and Jory woke up just long enough to register his annoyance before falling back asleep under his protective yellow towel. KC and I enjoyed checking out the seals, but it smelled kind of awful and we had a quickly approaching date with Hearst Castle, so we didn't struggle for those photo ops. Ah, well!
The rookery is a short drive up Rte 1 from San Simeon; we headed up there after lunch on our first full day in the area (come to think of it, we never managed to accomplish anything before lunch!). There's a long boardwalk next to the highway that overlooks a stretch of sand that hosts male, female, and juvenile elephant seals - including tiny pups.
So why aren't there lovely family photos of us with the elephant seals? It was pretty windy, and Jory woke up just long enough to register his annoyance before falling back asleep under his protective yellow towel. KC and I enjoyed checking out the seals, but it smelled kind of awful and we had a quickly approaching date with Hearst Castle, so we didn't struggle for those photo ops. Ah, well!
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