Sept 21: Morro Bay to San Simeon

Everybody seem to have no problems sleeping last night.  Les and I headed off around 8am to get groceries for the next few days.  Oh, it was no coincidence that I had seen a shop that had great looking cinnamon rolls. which opened at 8 also.  However the rolls do not compare to the rolls found at a little shop on Maui.

The goal for the day is to leave around noon and travel to San Simeon (Hearst Castle is located there), and then leave from there to make the 17+ hour trip to Monterey.  Before we left Morro Bay, we had lunch at Abri Waterfront Restaurant where the owner told they serve the best Fish&Chips in the world.  We will hold judgement on that.

The day was pretty rough as the waves and winds (up to 31MPH) were up.  We made it to San Simeon about 5.  The waters are very calm in the cove where we are staying.  We practice using the anchor for the first time. We pulled the anchor out a few times just to make sure we weren't too close to shore.  We are getting pretty good at this.  Since the depth gauge was not working, we used a string attached to a lead weight and threw it overboard to manually measure the depth to determine if we could set the anchor.  We can see Hearst Castle from our anchorage. Unfortunately within a few hours fog has covered the castle so we won't be able be able to see the lights at the castle.

We have decided to postpone our departure here to 4 am due to wave and wind conditions earlier in the morning.  No one is complaining too much as it means more sleep for us.  We are hoping that we can still get into Monterey by 6pm tomorrow.

One can barely see Hearst Castle at the top of the hill.