Day 3

Day three we got up and said goodbye to our quaint little B & B in Carmel, then drove a few miles south to our first stop: Point Lobos State Park. This is Whaler's Cove. We didn't see any whales but there were lots of seals and otters!

Same spot. You can see Carmel bay wrapping around in the background. Beautiful.

Don't look Kath but we did have to stop for deer on this expedition!

This is another hike in the park. The paths were gorgeous along sheer, rugged cliffs and through twisted old trees.
A view of Carmel bay

Crew was great, but he is 3 and loves to jump and run. Oh did he make me nervous a couple times!

After Point Lobos we made a quick stop for some shots at Bixby bridge.

From there, we drove to Andrew Molera State Park and hiked a little over a mile down to the beach.

Graham was a good little hiker but did sleep through a lot of it!

Andrew Molera State Beach

Crew and Matt wading in the river that runs out to the beach.

A shot from one of the vista points. The entire coastline was amazing and the misty fog kind of added to its grandeur.

This is Julia Phiefer State Park. Like so much already, absolutely beautiful!

Check out the color of that water!

After Julia Phiefer, we were trying to hurry down to San Simeon so we could make it to our 3 :40 tour of the Hearst Castle. The drive was spectacular, winding, and much slower than we were anticipating, but we made it there just in time. However, when we walked in to get our reserved tickets, we learned our tour was at 2:40, not 3:40! Oops! Luckily, they changed us to the first tour of the morning at no extra charge. So, we drove another 50 minutes south to our hotel in San Luis Obispo (great town by the way). Crew, of course, was thrilled to be in another hotel. After listening to Crew talk nonstop for 30 minutes and getting comfortable, we ate, and got to bed early since we had another big day ahead!

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