Blogs from Paso Robles, California, United States, North America - page 2

Geo: 35.6266, -120.6915/21/12 – Today was a fun-filled day, and I say that with tongue in cheek. As you read on, you will understand why. We left Bakersfield at 8:30 AM and headed for Paso Robles. Again, the Trip Tic and the Garmin had a disagreement and we decided to go with the Garmin. It is easier to have someone tell you when to turn than have to figure it out on your own. Saves a lot of arguments, too. LOLGetting to I-5 took us through Bakersfield and we got to see more of the city than just the Best Western and Mexicali Restaurant. Our trip was only 2 hours long, but it took us through some interesting countryside. We had to stop to take photos of a massive oil field with hundreds of oil well ... read more

Paso Robles, 31-10-2002. By the time I wake up all the mexican neighbors in my motel have long since left in trucks and cars, back to working the fields of olive trees, the orange groves and plum orchards, the agriculture the San Joaquin Valley is famous for. I start my day with some easy and relaxed cycling being fully aware that the total flatness of the valley is disappearing fast under the wheels of my steel lady, the cr*ppy old bicycle that I bought in a second-hand shop in San Diego. Though my belly is protesting loudly "I need food now!" , I keep going on untill the tiny settlement of Avanal where I have breakfast in a small truck stop. No pretty young waitress here but instead an old hag that glares at me with ... read more

Monday brought more clear warm weather, and after a little campsite blogging, the days plan reformulated. A brake lever was waiting for me at a Honda dealer near San Francisco, but rather than ride up the coast that day, the Central Coast region beckoned further exploration. The plan was to loop inland over the Santa Lucia coast range, run north a ways through wine country, and cross back over the range to the ocean. A 30 mile southbound run on the Pacific Coast Highway would finish the loop back to camp. The loop comprised about 150 miles. My route up and over the range followed the slow, tight and rough Santa Rosa Creek Road, passing through a remarkable green and flower covered landscape. This led to Hwy 46, the main cross-range arterial into Paso Robles. From ... read more

Writing this in a public library in a town called Paso Robles, so again no pictures... Well we arrived in LAX (Los angeles airport) and eventually got through the US security, it wasn't that they were particularly stringent, just incredibly unorganised...We had a mad taxi ride for nearly an hour to get to the depot where we were picking up our motorhome (or RV as everyone calls them) and that was us on the road.... We decided just to go to the nearest RV park, and then were able to explore Holywood the next day. LA is all freeways, six lane highways and busy traffic, but we eventually negotiated our RV through it all to be able to park up in Hollywood where we witnessed almost the last day of the Hollywood sign, the hill ... read more

Just 135 miles north of Santa Barbara on CA 101 is the charming town of Paso Robles, pop. 28,000. We stayed at Wine Country RV Resort, right smack in the middle of 100 vineyards and tasting rooms - kind of like a Disneyland for wine lovers. The Central Coast is the third largest wine producing area of California. One can’t drive down too many rural roads without seeing wineries, olive oil tasting rooms, and organic farms. The wine selections here are very good, much better than other places we’ve visited so far. Our “wine cellar” is well stocked. We visited Hearst Castle, near the coast at San Simeon, south of Big Sur. Cute little place with 3 guest houses, the smallest of which is 4,000 sq. ft. There are two small swimming pools, indoor @ 200,000 ... read more