We stopped at the Big Sur lodge and looked in the gift shop and we considered eating lunch here but it was pretty pricey and Sue had made lunches for us to eat anyways.
We also went in one of the State Parks and admired the giant Redwoods once again. We did not do any hiking in the Redwoods because we had done that a few weeks ago.
Along the coast we came to San Simeon and where the Hearst Castle resides. The Hearst family owns many newspaper, radio and television stations and they are quite wealthy. We stopped at the visitor center and Sue bought some hot tea and I had a coffee and we enjoyed the view of the castle and the ranch from the observation deck of the visitor center.
You can see the castle at the very top.
They have several tours they run of various parts of the castle and the least expensive tour is $25 per person and the most expensive tour being $100 per person. Sue and I decided to be good stewards of our money and skip the tours and look at the pictures of the castle online via Google images at our leisure. If you get a chance to look at the images it is quite a castle.
We continued our drive and we could see something on the beach but we were not sure what they were.
As we drove along further there was a couple places you could pull off the road and get a better view.
They made the sounds like they were burping
You can see a video below of the elephant seals playing in the water.
As we sat along the edge and admire the ocean for while a sea gull kept an eye on me the whole time just a few feet away from my chair. I think he thought he was my buddy.
Besides the great views, it seems like the elephant seals was a highlight! I love that you guys are in the pictures too, it's great to see your smiling faces!
ReplyDeleteWe've been to see those elephant seals! And some friends of ours went there and to Hearst Castle on Saturday, too.
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