Unfathomable beauty

We've had such a wonderful day, and the pictures I'm posting tonight will tell a bit of the tale.

Travelling along this coastline has been (to quote my neice Megan) Aaa-maaaa-zing!!!! Mountain vistas, seaside views from high above the shore and close to sea level--it was ALL GOOD!!!! We didn't log a lot of miles today but the views more than made up for that.

We did stop and tour the Hearst Castle--mafnificent, and that word no where near does it justice of course. I'm showing you just a bit of the "ranch" as our tour-guide referred to it. And technically that's what Mr. Hearst called it. The original castle is in the British Isles, so we were told. This *small* ranch house cost only $10 million to build and $3 million to furnish back in the early 1900's. Now just one of the paintings may demand an asking price of 55 million--totally unbelievable to us mere mortals. But then what can one expect from a media mogul?

It has been a long day and I'm ready to turn in. We're sitting in the hotel lobby in order to pick wi-fi and I want to get to our room and relax.
I do hope you enjoy a glimpse of our day,
More bits and pieces tomorrow,
Barb
By the way, we are staying in----your clue: two words: the first is that jolly old man in a red suit and the second is my name--now how easy is that??