FINALLY!! A day where I’m not fighting the WIND. This is the one night I didn’t bother putting a cover on the bike, so I spent some time getting it clean and dry. Well – dry anyway. Boy - does that thing need a bath! Spent a leisurely morning breakfast at the hotel listening to Perry Como, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole – and enjoying it. I must be getting old. I’m liking my dad’s music.
Rode on to the Hearst Castle. WOW!! For those of you that don’t know – you board a bus at the visitor center and they drive you up the hill to the castle 5 miles. There were cattle all over the place – still owned by the Hearst Corp., even though they donated the castle to the state park system. I was wondering what all that brown stuff is the cattle are grazing on. Cattle are supposed to be grazing on green grass and there’s not a whole lot of green around here, except money. The Hearst Castle is along the same line of grand mansions as Biltmore in NC, but a little more spectacular if only because of the landscape. It does, after all, sit atop a mountain looking over the Pacific Ocean. I could actually see someone building something like this someday, but no one could ever match the works of art that are not only hanging inside, but have become built into the walls and ceilings.
After I finished the castle tour, it was a leisurely stroll back down the highway in weather that didn’t require extra clothing – until I got about 5 miles down the road. Geez – isn’t this ever gonna quit? Put on my Nanuk of the North outfit again, and was quite comfortable when it got down to 54, but then it got up to 72 REAL quick, and then back down to 60. At this point, I wouldn’t mind a steady 100+ again. At least I’d know how to dress.
Just got off the phone with Kathy. She’ll be coming back from Milwaukee tomorrow, so I’ll have a chance to see some polo and visit for a little bit. Then all I have to do is figure out how to get back to the safety of 2 lane interstate
Rode on to the Hearst Castle. WOW!! For those of you that don’t know – you board a bus at the visitor center and they drive you up the hill to the castle 5 miles. There were cattle all over the place – still owned by the Hearst Corp., even though they donated the castle to the state park system. I was wondering what all that brown stuff is the cattle are grazing on. Cattle are supposed to be grazing on green grass and there’s not a whole lot of green around here, except money. The Hearst Castle is along the same line of grand mansions as Biltmore in NC, but a little more spectacular if only because of the landscape. It does, after all, sit atop a mountain looking over the Pacific Ocean. I could actually see someone building something like this someday, but no one could ever match the works of art that are not only hanging inside, but have become built into the walls and ceilings.
After I finished the castle tour, it was a leisurely stroll back down the highway in weather that didn’t require extra clothing – until I got about 5 miles down the road. Geez – isn’t this ever gonna quit? Put on my Nanuk of the North outfit again, and was quite comfortable when it got down to 54, but then it got up to 72 REAL quick, and then back down to 60. At this point, I wouldn’t mind a steady 100+ again. At least I’d know how to dress.
Just got off the phone with Kathy. She’ll be coming back from Milwaukee tomorrow, so I’ll have a chance to see some polo and visit for a little bit. Then all I have to do is figure out how to get back to the safety of 2 lane interstate
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