Driving up the coast

This weekend I met up with Dara, who was attending a job fair with her company, Fluor. The job fair is in San Luis Obispo, and this area is amazing. Today, Dara and I spent time in downtown SLO (San Luis Obispo), drove up the coast to the Hearst Castle (as in William Randolph), which was a stunning property. Not a bad place to hang up the hat at the end of the day, ol' Billy Hearst!

We drove south to Pismo Beach, where we checked in to our 'boutique' hotel, The Cliffs. For the price we're paying, it's mediocre at best. Granted the view is spectacular (set atop the bluffs overlooking the Pacific), but our last room looked like it was a modified broom closet, and our current room is right by the ice machine and the laundry room, deep in the basement. I guess our apartment has spoiled us for other accomodations. Still, we're having a nice little micro vacation. Anything to take my mind of the insanity of a work week that awaits me, starting Sunday night when we get back. Here's to central California!