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Oregon 1 week in Newport |
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 "Embarcadero" condos at Newport |
 Embarcadero with Newport fishing fleet in foreground |
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 We did daytrips north and south using Newport as a base Here's Beverly Beach about 15 Mi north of Newport, looking North |
 Fogarty Creek State Park daytrip |
 Picnic Lunch at Fogarty Creek |
 Fogarty Creek tidepool |
 Devils Punchbowl south of Depoe Bay ...more |
 Tidepool: Enormous Sea Cucumber, about 4" diameter and purple Sea Anemones |
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 Heceta Head Lighthouse daytrip |
 Beach hike and Picnic at Carl G Washburn State Park |
 Cannon Beach Daytrip ...more |
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 Jan with Yoga pose Cannon Beach. Note Haystack Rock in background |
 Signature Hiway 1 Bridge in Newport |
 Yaquina Bay Lighthouse |
 Looking North from Yaquina Head |
 Oregon Coast Looking South from Manzanita Note the classic white sand Oregon Beaches |
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 Oregon Coast Looking south from near Depoe Bay |
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California 7 days Hiway 1 Southbound |
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 Old boat Crescent City |
 Another old boat |
 Battery Point Lighthouse Eureka |
 Pt. Arena Lighthouse |
 Walking the beach at Crescent City |
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 Pine Cove Sunset Ft Bragg |
 South of Eureka Beach Hike |
 Lunch of fresh fruit on the beach |
 Generous homemade Crab Louie |
 Hope Creek Trail hike Redwoods National Park |
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 Redwoods: Roosevelt Elk |
 Redwoods Gold Bluffs Beach ...more |
 Surf Fishermen Gold Bluffs |
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 Picnic and beach hike Gold Bluffs |
 Larkspur Ferry San Francisco - Note the fog bank! We stayed in Mill Valley, Marin County and took this high speed ferry to the SF wharf for two days of being tourists. What a great way to get downtown with no hassle, no parking fees and no golden gate tolls |
 Cellphone shot of San Quentin Prison from the ferry |
 SF Bay bridge |
 Windsurfer nearly passed the ferry. He fell shortly after the shot was taken. |
 Coit Tower Downtown SF It's a 210-foot tower built in 1933 in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood. |
 Cable Car portrait. We avoided the tourist lines and walked two blocks to Hoyt and caught the Powell Line to Ghirardelli Square |
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 Alcatraz Tour ...more |
 Cellblock B |
 This place is a moneymaker for the state of California. Tickets were $30-$40 each and 5,000 people/day 7 days a week! |
 Cell block A |
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 This was solitary. Behind the first door.. |
 Warden's Home Note Bay Bridge in distance |
 Treasure Island and Oakland hills in background |
 Alcatraz was closed in 1963 and occupied by Indians in 1970. Slogans still on the water tower. |
 Downtown SF from Alcatraz Island |
 Alcatraz Lighthouse |
 Toured the famous WW2 Submarine Pampanito ...more |
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 Forward Torpedo Tubes and loading racks |
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 Returning to the ferry on the second day we opted for a pedicab ride instead of the ~3 mile walk! Dave negotiates $20 for the ride and here he is with the $5 tip
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 As always, Monterey Bay was clear, clean and a joy to visit |
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 Hearst Castle Main house was modeled after a 15th Century church in Spain seen by William Hearst as a young man The entire complex consists of 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, 2 swimming pools, a movie theater, and an airfield. |
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 We did the Cottages and Kitchen tour on this visit. ...more This is one of three cottages spread out in front of the main house |
 Each cottage had two separate apartments that shared a common sitting room. There were no kitchen or cooking facilities in these cottages. Hearst insisted that all guests eat together. If a guest wanted a snack, they could go to the kitchen and get it there. |
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 We were intrigued with the ornate ceilings . This was the cherub room |
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 We were told that these were plaster castings from original wood carvings done at the site by European artisans. They were then hand painted and installed in the ceilings as panels. |
 William Randolph Hearst bought art for thirty years before he began to build at San Simeon. His obsession really kicked in the late 1920’s and early ’30s when San Simeon was under construction. At the time one out of every four American households read a Hearst paper. He was making as much as $50,000 in a single day and spending large amounts of it on art. I |
 It was the perfect time to be collecting. World War I was over. Europe was in shambles and needed money. A lot of old buildings were gravely damaged and there was no cash to rebuild. So, countries were selling collections from churches, cathedrals and private homes on the world art market to finance reconstruction. Hearst had the wherewithal to buy. He was in the right place at the right time with the right means. |
 Architects drawing room in the back |
 Kitchen Tour |
 Kitchen It had one of the first electric refrigerators |
 Wine Cellar Even though guests came during prohibition, Hearst reportedly told everyone that prohibition stopped at the bottom of the hill. |
 Egyptian Burial Chamber |
 View of hearst castle from Hiway 1 |
 On to Phoenix! |
 Cooling off in Maricopa ...more |
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06/13/16 R2 |
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