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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