Our annual winter trip to Cambria had a fifth member, traveling buddy Cailin. The drive Sunday landed us still in daylight and we settled into the Cambria Pines Lodge comfortably. Three beds and an outside deck and not our best ever dinner at Robin's. Maria's salmon bisque was not as warm as it should be but the service is always friendly within the nicely atmospheric house setting.
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| In the Gardens at the Cambria Pines Lodge where Ri and Cai partook German Gluhwein |
Not much to do in Cambria but relax, watch endless Twilight Zones (inspired me to order a book about Rod Serling) and during the day walk the quiet pretty streets and visit the elephant seals along Highway 1. This visit was notable for the sighting of the Hearst Castle zebras. Because the land is vast, they aren't often seen (by us anyway) but there they were grazing in view. It was almost as simple as visiting the luggish seals and crossing the street to see California Zebras.
When Randolph Hearst built his castle (the unflattering portrait of him in the movie Citizen Kane) he directed his architect Julia Morgan to build a zoo for his guests. There were lions, cougars, an elephant, bears and much wildlife on the property. In the late 1930's as Hearst experienced financial difficulties, he dismantled the zoo and shipped off many of the animals to zoos. Some were allowed to remain on the land, roaming free. Over the years most have died, except the zebra.
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| hipsters in Cambria |
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| eye to eye |
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| youngsters commiserating |
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| many babes, the youngest are usually black in color. big bulls are nearby commanding a flock |
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| joy of being an elephant seal in water |
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| joy of being an Oliver on land |
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| central coast Zebra |
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| fun in the cool, cool water |
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| boy can climb |
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| D and B on the rocks |
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| Brian, sunning and relaxing...ahhh, this is the life my friends |
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| Cailin |
We welcomed New Years in our room. Had to say I enjoyed Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper riffing and keeping the network censors on alert. Cailin and I shared a barbecue plate at the Main Street Grill. It was a lot of meat- so much so that I had difficulty looking at the plate, let alone consuming it. I mostly stuck to french fries with a light dusting of cayenne. My 50's will bring me to 1. a haircut 2. vegetarianism 3.seeing a doctor.
It was nice to travel with Cailin again.
A note: the County Crock (i might not have the actual name correct)- the main Cambria grocery store has in effect the plastic bag ban that SF started. While we did not note any compost or recycle bins in town, this grocery store encourages patrons to re-use bags or they charge 10 cents for the use of their recyclable bags.
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