San Simeon Part II

We loved the elephant seals (except for the smell).  They spent their time sleeping in a row next to one another, flipping sand up, and arguing.

Here's my Wildlife Photographer husband taking pictures of the hundreds of seals on this beach.

Quite a variety of shapes and colors.  This type of scene goes on for miles along the beach.

After getting our fill of seals, we visited the San Simeon pier, once used by William Randolph Hearst for delivery of the materials to build his Hearst Castle.  Since we have both seen the castle a couple of times, there was no need to do that again.

Back on home ground at the resort, you can see our room approximately above Duane's hat.  Also, a piece of driftwood that I found and used as a hiking staff.  Another item in the photo to the right and behind Duane, is a firepit, one of three that they would make fires in each night at sunset.  People would sit on the chairs and huddle around it.  We didn't see the point, especially since it was cold and windy.

Another side trip was to a town called Harmony which only had 18 residents.  They actually have a Post Office, and a couple of artisan businesses---a glass blower and a potter.  It was fun to poke around in the quaint old town which reminded us of Southern Indiana.  All in all, we had a very nice time, and hope to return to San Simeon in the future.