double ultra-drat!

[thoreau]

A forest fire has started in BigSur and they have closed California's famously beautiful Highway 1 for a 20 mile stretch - so when David and I head to San Simeon and Hearst Castle this weekend - we have to go down 101 and away from the ocean almost the entire drive.

(wah!) So.....

• No Monterrey
• No Big Sur
• No Pfeiffer Burns State Park waterfall hikes
• and no beautifulromanticlovedoveyhandholdyoceandrive^tm

(double wah!)

I just talked to a nice lady at the highway department who informed me that the stretch of road is not expected to reopen for weeks.

(triple wah!)


(tantrum)

so ---- anyone know anything fun to do in Salinas, King City or Pasa Robles?

Nope?!

Didn't think so.

(pouty face, arms crossed)

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San Juan Bautista

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Since you'll save time driving, stop in San Juan Bautista... (I like San Juan Foothill Potters on the way into town, but I'm a pottery whore).

The mission there is interesting, it is a site from Vertigo, and you can stand outside the chapel and see the San Andreas fault. There are a few blocks of antiques, include one chock full of Haviland Limoges china in a plethora of old-lady patterns.

A nice outdoor restaurant is Les Jardines de San Juan.