{"id":391,"date":"2014-11-10T19:20:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:34:00","slug":"morro-bay-and-the-delights-of-pacific-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"MORRO BAY AND THE DELIGHTS OF PACIFIC HIGHWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tn-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tn-3.jpg\" alt=\"tn-3\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tn-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" width=\"88\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-393\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres.jpeg\" alt=\"imgres\" width=\"379\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres.jpeg 379w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-300x105.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORRO BAY AND THE DELIGHTS OF PACIFIC HIGHWAY<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Morro Bay(Perfect Travel Today)11\/11\/14\/&#8211;Morro Bay in California is a quiet<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">\u00a0sleepy\u00a0<\/span>fishing town north of Santa Barbara that\u00a0Is famous for the massive pyramid style volcanic rock that juts out of the Pacific Ocean\u00a0and dominates this rather charming town. My first ever visit there in October was\u00a0combined with a trip to Cambria about 15 miles to the north and close to the\u00a0Hearst Castle in San Simeon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sunset-Fog-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sunset-Fog-2.jpg\" alt=\"Morro Beach FogCatcher Inn Sunset View\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sunset-Fog-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sunset-Fog-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sunset-Fog-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morro Bay Beach FogCatcher Inn Sunset View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wine enthusiasts are also in good shape as the rapidly\u00a0expanding wine mecca of Paso Robles with over 250 wineries is only thirty minutes\u00a0Morro Bay was incorporated in 1964 and tourists flock to the Embarcadero area\u00a0where the place to stay is the Embarcadero Inn with a clear view of the mystical rock\u00a0which is 578 feet tall. It is a perfect base to explore the Embarcadero where you can\u00a0buy fresh fish, rent kayaks,\u00a0paddle boards\u00a0or motor boats, find rare shells or buy homemade\u00a0salt water taffy . If you are into deep sea fishing then there are plenty of charter options\u00a0where the prime catches are salmon, rockfish, lingcod and albacore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-02.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-02.jpeg\" alt=\"home-slideshow-02\" width=\"710\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-02.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-02-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-02-473x300.jpeg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casa del Mar\u2014Spanish for \u201cHouse of the Sea&#8221;\u2014offers breathtaking views of California&#8217;s pristine Central Coast and the Pacific Ocean. The most formal and elaborately decorated cottage on The Enchanted Hill, Casa del Mar was also where W. R. Hearst spent his last years at the Castle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is a free\u00a0trolley service that takes you to the rather quaint and low key downtown area from the\u00a0waterside during the summer months, and the place is really a bit of a gem to\u00a0Dining options are quite extensive but we only tried a couple of places on our visit,\u00a0both at the Embarcadero. We went to the upscale Windows on the Water which\u00a0has been around since 1997 with chef Neil Smith running the kitchen since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0specialize in fresh seafood dishes and have an extensive wine list and spirits for the\u00a0right pairings. If you want something a bit more funky then go for Libertines for fish and chips\u00a0with live music nightly which seems to lean towards country style and blues and jug\u00a0band offerings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-395\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-3.jpeg\" alt=\"imgres-3\" width=\"338\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-3.jpeg 338w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-3-300x132.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two active oyster farms in Morro Bay the prime one being the\u00a0Morro\u00a0Bay\u00a0Oyster Company. There is a limited production of these sought after oysters, but the\u00a0day we were looking for some of the tasty morsel, there was some kind of problem\u00a0so no tasting was possible. Local chefs snap them up, so an oyster that costs 25 cents\u00a0each at origin ends up costing the customer $1.50-$2 each at the table after all the\u00a0middle men have taken their cut. This farm produces about 800,000 oysters a year\u00a0in what is an extremely hard and labor intensive business. You can take a tour out\u00a0to the farm, or use either a kayak or a paddleboard to get out there to see what is\u00a0happening if you so desire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-03.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-407\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-03.jpeg\" alt=\"The Gothic Suite, W. R. Hearst\u2019s and Marion Davies' private living quarters, occupy the entire third floor of the mansion. Here he displayed artwork and other sacred objects amid the church-like surroundings.\" width=\"710\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-03.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-03-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/home-slideshow-03-473x300.jpeg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gothic Suite, W. R. Hearst\u2019s and Marion Davies&#8217; private living quarters, occupy the entire third floor of the mansion. Here he displayed artwork and other sacred objects amid the church-like surroundings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hikers have plenty of options as well with the Black Mountain trail in Morro Bay State\u00a0Park, the Morro Bay sand spit at Montana de Oro or the Cloisters Wetlands trails in\u00a0North Morro Bay. Golfers have the 18 hole Morro Bay State park golf course, and bird\u00a0lovers can see over 250 species of birds at the Morro Bay National Estuary. If you are\u00a0a real enthusiast then January is the time to go when they host the Winter Bird Festival\u00a0which attracts bird enthusiasts from all over the world. Great Blue Herons and snowy\u00a0egrets can be seen at the entrance of the national estuary in the Heron and Cormorant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-398\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-5.jpeg\" alt=\"imgres-5\" width=\"383\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-5.jpeg 383w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/imgres-5-300x103.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The place to stay in Cambria is the Fogcatcher Inn, strolling distance to the famous\u00a0Moonstone Beach to search for moonstone gems or to watch the surfers fighting the\u00a0aggressive waves. The 60 room hotel is one of many to choose from on beach road, but it\u00a0has recently been modernized and a hearty cooked breakfast is included in the price with\u00a0rooms running about an average of $300 a night on weekends. One problem they\u00a0have however (not for this writer) is that cell phones do not work on the hotel grounds,\u00a0and the manager did admit that they have lost bookings because of this, but the nights we\u00a0were there, there were no vacancies to be had.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Front-of-Fog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Front-of-Fog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Front-of-Fog.jpg 496w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Front-of-Fog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Front-of-Fog-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset Morro Bay Downtown FogCatcher Inn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cambria is a neat little town with plenty of tourist style gift shops, but everything is\u00a0higher here in cost and you will pay about a 25% tourist tax just for the privilege of\u00a0eating, shopping, staying overnight and filling up at the gas pump. We tried a couple of the\u00a0highly touted restaurants in the area and found Linns by far the best despite the\u00a0chef admitting that business is 80% tourist year round.<\/p>\n<p>Dining options in Cambria are plentiful with places like Robin\u2019s for example which have\u00a0been around for at least thirty years. My choice however would be Linn\u2019s Restaurant and\u00a0Bakery, where portions\\are substantial and the homemade Chicken Pot Pie for example\u00a0Is outstanding. They are well known for their pies and desserts in the area, and all\u00a0Produce comes from their farm about five miles away.<\/p>\n<p>Of course a visit to this part of the world would not be complete without a visit to\u00a0Hearst Castle, now a State Park with an impressive visitor center. If you don\u2019t mind\u00a0being herded like cattle on the tour and standing in the hot sun while the well trained\u00a0tour guide blurbs out facts at 225 words a minute about William Randolph Hearst,\u00a0then this is a must visit. Most of the tours cost $25 each and last about forty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>When the tour is over you are free to stay and roam the gardens as long as you like. A\u00a0must see is the indoor Roman pool with its amazing marble and tiles, but the outside swimming\u00a0pool is currently not being used, which puts a bit of a damper on everything especially for\u00a0first time visitors. Apart from the Roman pool maybe the Grand Dining Room is\u00a0worth checking out, and the bus ride up to the castle along the winding road is pretty\u00a0interesting by itself where you can see all the \u2018over the top\u2019 extravagances of the\u00a0newspaper publisher.<\/p>\n<p>Before you go on the various tours you can see a 40 minute movie about the life of\u00a0the enigmatic Hearst, but I you really want to know the facts purchase a copy of\u00a0\u201cThe Chief\u201d in the well stocked gift shop. The restaurant does sell hamburgers and\u00a0many other food items, but if you were hoping for a \u2018Hearst Ranch Grass Fed Burger,\u2019\u00a0you are out of luck. Because of the drought, production has been seriously affected,\u00a0although there is a stand on site selling frozen product at $4.99 a pound.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morrobay.org\">www.morrobay.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embarcaderoinn.com\">www.embarcaderoinn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowsmb.com\">www.windowsmb.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstcastle.org\">www.hearstcastle.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linnsfruitbin.com\">www.linnsfruitbin.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcatcherinn.com\">www.fogcatcherinn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winecoastcountry.com\">www.winecoastcountry.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tn-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/perfecttraveltoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" width=\"88\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">287 S.Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #24890d;\" href=\"mailto:perfectgolftoday@gmail.com\">perfectgolftoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #24890d;\" href=\"mailto:mrspiritsman@gmail.com\">mrspiritsman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #24890d;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #24890d;\" href=\"https:\/\/spiritsman.blogspot.com\/\">https:\/\/spiritsman.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #24890d;\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/spiritsman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/passets-ec.pinterest.com\/images\/about\/buttons\/follow-me-on-pinterest-button.png\" alt=\"Follow Me on Pinterest\" width=\"169\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritsman.com\/\">www.spiritsman.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectskintoday.com\/\">www.perfectskintoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfecttraveltoday.com\/\">www.perfecttraveltoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgolftoday.com\/\">www.perfectgolftoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.champagnewinemaison.com\/\">www.champagnewinemaison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publication\/\">https:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publicatio<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hepworth MORRO BAY AND THE DELIGHTS OF PACIFIC HIGHWAY\u00a0 Morro Bay(Perfect Travel Today)11\/11\/14\/&#8211;Morro Bay in California is a quiet\u00a0sleepy\u00a0fishing town north of Santa Barbara that\u00a0Is famous for the massive pyramid style volcanic rock that juts out of the Pacific Ocean\u00a0and dominates this rather charming town. 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