PCH Trip Day 7

Day seven of the trip we woke up to extreme fog that stuck around for most of the day. The fog kept us from seeing most of the ocean so this part of the trip was a little disappointing. But we made good time since there was no need for me to pull over and take pictures.

Our day started off with a drive around Pebble Beach 17-Mile Drive, a very beautiful drive but the fog kept us from seeing far. Along the road we drove pass deer and I almost ran over a bunny.

foggy early morning

sea lions

The Lone Cypress

more sea lions along the coast, hwy 1

We decided to stop at Hearst Castle and take a tour in hopes that time would give the fog a chance to blow-over. Originally we weren't going to stop here (I didn't even know about this place until I friend told me about it) but I'm happy that we did. The mansion was more then extraordinary...

the tour we took was the Grand Rooms Museum Tour

the Refectory

sis outside the mansion

one of the cottages

Neptune Pool

Neptune Pool sitting area

view of the mansion

the mansion is located on the hill, the fog made it look like the place was floating above the clouds.

the Roman Pool

view of the property from the bus ride down

After the tour we thought it would be best to just go ahead and eat at the museum restaurant , pretty good choice and not to expensive. We continued driving on hwy 1 and 5 hours later we made it to our hotel for the night, the Queen Mary.

our room for the night was a Deluxe Stateroom with 2 Twin Beds, so cute

my bed for the night

shower

view from our portholes, Long Beach

we arrived late so we walked about the ship looking for a place to get dinner. We ended up eating at the Promenade Cafe, the workers there were so friendly and we both really enjoyed our meals.

ended the day off with drink, much needed from the long drive

PCH Trip Day 6

Sunday was our last day in San Francisco, the day started off as a lazy morning with 8am room service breakfast; yogurt with fruit, granolla and coffee. By 10:30 we were checked out of our hotel and Atori was packed-up and ready to go. We found ourselves heading back to AT&T Park but instead of taking public transportation and walking I was driving. Driving to the ball park turned out to be a lot easier then I thought it would be, from our hotel I took Beach St. to Lincoln Hwy which turned into King St. As for parking that turned out to be easy to, just expensive. I packed in Giants Lot D which was right off of 3rd st and paid $30.

I can't say how much I love this stadium and the workers seem so friendly. The promotion for the day was a Tim Lincecum Wall Sticker which was given out to 7,500 kids. One of the workers handing them out gave me one saying I looked like a kid at heart. Yay for getting my first Giant promotion that I didn't have to buy off of eBay.

Finally got to buy my panda hat at the Giants store, I went with the orange one.

Giants vs Padres, April 29th, 2012

fans arriving by ferry

waiting for the game to start

national anthem time

got to see a homerun by Panda

today's game was the 93rd consecutive sellout at AT&T Park

Giants won 4 to 1

Giant fans in the bay

After the game we headed on our way out of San Francisco and over to Monterey. We didn't have a hotel booked for the night so after passing a few hotels we decided to stay at the local La Quinta.

Dinner for the night was at Sea Harvest Fish Market-Restaurant. I can't even start to tell you how annoying it can be trying to find a place to eat in a town you have never been to that isn't fast food. So after driving for about ten minutes I drove pass this place, sis and I both decided that we should end our food search so I made my way around the block and back to the parking lot. In all honesty I wasn't sure what to think about this place when I first entered but after we were done eating both of us was very happy that we found this place. The food was extremely fresh and delicious and the our waiter was very nice and helpful. If I ever find myself back in this area I would make sure to eat here again. Picture to the left is my dinner, swordfish.

Tuna, sis's dinner

picture of our room, they were all out of double queens