Sunday
After two nights at El Capitan we have now moved another 60 miles up the coast, taking a shortcut on State Route 101. On the way we passed Los Alamos, which is a very small town south of Santa Maria. Because we had been to Los Alamos in New Mexico we detoured into the town in search of a coffee/tea. Well what a lovely little town, mostly Main Street with lots of wooden fronted shops. Right in the middle is the prize gem – The Union Hotel. Built in 1870 it was a staging post for Wells Fargo (no references to Dale Robertson could be found), it was still in almost its original condition, with a faded timber front. We went in and there was a large room with great big padded armchairs arranged round a big fire, with lots of original knick knacks. We were made most welcome as we sat by the fire with our coffee and tea. To one side was a Saloon, with proper swing doors, that had been imported from New Orleans, out back of the Saloon was a pianola, a paper roll piano. It was wonderful place, even the toilets seemed to be original, they had the same front emptying porcelain W.C that we have at home. It was a really excellent experience just sitting there reading the Sunday papers (headline being that Whitney Houston had died).
We reluctantly moved on and found our camp site at Oceano Campground State Park, one of the few on this coast with partial hook-ups, we are booked to stay here until Friday, so we are hoping to get more time to relax in the sun.
Also hope to get Internet back on tomorrow.
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