San Simeon St Park, San Simeon, CA

Upon leaving Santa Barbara we headed north on Hwy 101 to San Simeon. Okay, so we planned our escape to beat the incoming storm that was due and were rolling along just fine when some lady flagged Earl down that we had flat tire on the car! How can this be when these tires are relatively new.. just purchased a year ago in OR from Costco... Tire was flat and we thought punctured altho that turned out to NOT be the case. Knew there was Costco in San Luis Obispo but that was a distance away so brother John and I watched as Earl dutifully changed the tire and put donut spare on... then we found a Costco about a mile away in Santa Maria. Counted this a real PLUS and yes, they honored their warranty and we now have a new tire... Rest of trip fairly uneventful and we counted ourselves blessed and very happy that no damage was done on car as very well could have...

Although the campground was very wet when we arrived we found our favorite site open with all around views of hillsides and yes, even the ocean from up there on the hill. Walked down to the beach for this shot of the water and saw the wildlife all around us, hawks, deer and other birds in abundance. We always enjoy this place so much.

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