Tuesday, 27 March 2018 -Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle in San Simeon
Beautiful, extravagant pool at Hearst Castle
Turkeys showing off at Lake Lopez Park
Beautiful fox spotted at entrance to Lake Lopez

Today we got up and headed to San Simeon. We had reservations for 11am to tour the Hearst Castle. It was really busy because it is Spring Break in these parts. The Castle is remarkable and the setting overlooking the coastline is amazing. It is really worth taking the time to see if you are in the area. We ate lunch nearby at Cavalier’s. It is just a hotel restaurant but had good trip advisor reviews and was quite good. Cavaliers sets right on the beach and we enjoyed a short walk with Maverick. On the way back I decided to get new faucets for the bedroom and bathroom. I had replaced the old shiny brass ones about a year ago with rubbed bronze RV equivalents. On the road I wasn’t thrilled with these because they were very short and hard to use. So tonight I decided I would fix that for good. I went to Home Depot and bought real faucets (not plastic RV faucets) with an elevated and rotating spout. On the way into the park from town we were treated to a beautiful Fox crossing the road. Yesterday I saw a herd of deer and this morning our sleep was disturbed by wild turkeys gobbling outside our window. Since it was twilight we drove through the park. We found our flock of 8 wild turkeys and the two males put on a show puffing up and fanning their tails. We also found our herd of 9 deer grazing nearby. Earlier, leaving the park we saw a man get very close to the deer taking pictures. All of the wildlife here is pretty approachable. Supposedly there are Pumas and Bear nearby but we couldn’t find them. We have really enjoyed the scenic beauty of this park and lake and the frequent wildlife encounters.