The Pacific Coast to Moss Landing:

On Thursday morning we started going u p the coast on California Highway 1, our first stop is Hearst Castle in San Simeon along the coast. The castle sits on a mountain top and was complete with a Zoo and everything. I has been said that Randolph Hearst was the inspiration for Orson Wells Citizen Cane.

The view of the Pacific Ocean from Hearst Castle

 The place is more then impressive filled with artwork and the grounds are incredible with breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean.

Poolside at Hearst Castle with the Pacific Ocean in the background

The Neptune Pool was the setting in many a movie. Some of the visitors of the castle in the time of Randolph Hearst included, Charlie Chaplin, Howard Hughes and many more. If you pass by it is definitely worth the visit.
We had lunch there and left after, as we kept going north the road got narrower, winding and we were either going uphill or downhill for miles.

The Famous Neptune Pool

With the trailer in tow this panoramic road required all of my attention. Full of blind curves and with the cliff walls overhanging the trailer was passing inches from the rock face wall, my wife didn’t like the road that much good thing she was not on the side of the precipice J .
There was a few overlook, I got to stop and take pictures of the elephant seals basking in the sun on the beach , it was quite a sight.

Elephant Seals on the Beach

The Pacific Coast

Well at 25 mile an hour plus the afternoon traffic in Monterey by the time we got to Moss Landing it was dark again. This morning it was overcast but I got a few picture of the surroundings, the rest of the day was rain so we went to the market to refill our fridge talk about choice at the farmers market, I even bought stuff that I have no idea what they are, I made some fresh guacamole for lunch. Tonight we had supper at a place I had seen on the Food Channel called Phil’s Fish Market.