Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
La Jolla, Legoland and Laguna Beach are great spots to stop on a family road trip from San Diego to Los Angeles. This is a guest post from Jennifer Miner who blogs at The Vacation Gals. Follow her on Twitter at @jenniferminer. Family road trips are practically an American institution. Snacks in a cooler, kids [...]
Monterey, California; September 2009 This time last year, my husband and I took a road trip with his parents south as San Francisco to places like Hearst Castle and Big Sur. We stayed the first night in Monterey, arriving just in time to see the sunset over the bay. I imagine the water was probably [...]
Hearst castle is not the only landmark named for press baron William Randolph Hearst in San Simeon, California. Hearst Castle sits atop the so-called Enchanted Hill. At the bottom of the hill, on the other side of Highway 1, is San Simeon State Park and the William Randolph Hearst Beach. In the above photo, taken [...]
The second of two posts focusing on the swimming pools at Hearst Castle. If I were told I could swim in just one of the two beautiful pools at Hearst Castle, it would be a really difficult choice. The Neptune Pool is the most famous of the two and with its marble columns and scenic [...]
The first of two posts focusing on the gorgeous pools at Hearst Castle at San Simeon on California’s Highway 1. My very favourite thing about Hearst Castle was its swimming pools. There are two of them and they are both exquisite. They are delightful just to look at but I was itching to swim. Throughout [...]
Willliam Randolph Hearst was inspired to build Hearst Castle after travelling to Europe. Yet his tribute to the Old World is quintessentially American. Hearst Castle at San Simeon was one of the highlights of our trip down California’s Highway 1. But I suspect the fact I lived in Europe for five years made it impossible [...]
This is part 5 in my series on our California Highway 1 road trip. Big Sur country in California is famous for its hiking and camping and my husband and I were determined not to leave the park without doing at least some walking. For the most part this holiday was very much a road [...]
This is part 4 a series about a road trip along California’s famous Highway 1. Please check out my other posts on Highway 1 and don’t forget to subscribe. After visiting the beautiful lookout at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, we wanted to find somewhere in Big Sur country to stay the night. We had [...]
The latest post in my series about driving California’s scenic Highway 1. The stretch of Highway 1 in California from San Simeon in the south to Monterey in the north has to be one of the most scenic road trips in the world. At every bend of the road we were treated to views of [...]
A chance encounter in Santa Cruz transports us to the set of The Lost Boys in Santa Carla. The Lost Boys – classic 1980s teen movie Have you ever seen the 1980s classic teen vampire movie, The Lost Boys? It features a Who’s Who of ’80s actors – Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Keifer [...]
Bad Behavior has blocked 847 access attempts in the last 7 days.
Recent comments