So this past weekend I had a friend come up to visit. I try and think of something fun for us to do first we were going to go fishing out of Morro Bay…FUN!!! Well I soon find out that doesn’t start until May. So they say how about Whale watching I say GREAT so I made reservation and really start to get excited. All week it was rainy but I thought maybe, hopefully, it would clear up for the weekend right? WRONG!!! Not only did it NOT clear up but it was a STORM!!!! The whale people even called and said that the coast guard is advising that no one go out but next weekend should be nice if I want to reschedule…..of course! So that morning we had to think of an alternate activity…He brought up Hearst Castle, which is a castle up in the hills, that was built by a newspaper guy William Hearst. It was beautiful. However it was hard to get a good feel for the outside or the view because it was so foggy and freezing!!!! And again silly me did not wear a warm enough jacket cause I figured we would be inside most of the time. Well a lot of it was outside oh well…what do ya do?
There was beautiful art everywhere outside inside all over we didn't see the entire castle the have 4 different tours ...Even to parts we saw our tour was a hour and a half and i think we just scratched the surface ...Unreal to thing that someone actually live here!!!
The outdoor pool can you imagine canonballing into that?! Different weather of course.
Indoor pool..He wanted it to resemble a bath house....it was AMAZING! The tile had pieces that were plated with real gold. It covered the bottom of the pool, up the walls and on the ceiling. It was soooo beautiful in there.
This was the dining room. Mr. Hearst would have invite people to stay at tha castle all the time. He sat in the middle of the table. The first night you got there you would sit right next to him and each night after you would get moved down one chair. So when your in the last chair ...oops guess its time to go home. Good idea for those house guest who overstay thier welcome!
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"Pulitzer and HEARST, they think they got us, Do they got us? NO!" Have you ever seen Newsies? Love the flick.
Anyway, love the pictures and the fog! And that you guys rolled with the punches the weather gave ya! Crazy Auntie forgot to take a picture of her friend. Were you scccccared? What gives?!
OK....now dad is jealous...he said, "I want to go there!" We will have to do that on one of our visits. I know it cost bundles of money in the day that it was built...I wonder how much that would equate to in today's money market?
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