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![]() Looking back you can see the track and trestles. |
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![]() Fellow travellers along the Blue Pacific.. |
![]() Covered Wagons circled on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean. |
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Once we rounded Point Conception, the coast got more treacherous. |
![]() Surfliners stop at Surf Beach. |
![]() The highlight of the day must be watching the train go by. |
![]() "Limited Accommodations" at Surf Beach! |
Lead locomotive, No. 510, Train 799 northbound at SLO. |
![]() Coach cars on Train 799 at SLO. |
![]() Cafe Roma, Cucina Bustica Italiana, near the SLO Station. |
![]() Monument to Chinese Railroad Workers |
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![]() Inside the Del Monte Cafe. |
![]() Union Pacific locomotives await assignments, perhaps as helpers over Cuesta Grade just north of town. |
Just past the overpass, we found our destination:
Vintage 1255, a wine tasting shop.
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![]() Vintage 1255 on Monterey St. |
![]() We chose the two-cheese/salami/bread plate. Enough for 2 of us ($20) with 3 white or red wine tastings at $9 ea. |
South America and Africa |
![]() South America |
![]() Cocoa bean paper mache replica on left. |
![]() Look at all the chocolate items they have! |
Second Stop: Jaffa Mediterranean Cafe |
![]() Jules pointed out the grocery items also for sale. |
![]() Our lunch at Jaffa |
![]() Meat being cooked at Jaffa |
Jules will introduce you to the Owner, a delightful gentleman. |
![]() One-third of the extensive menu. |
![]() Jaffa Mediterranean Cafe also has groceries for sale. |
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![]() I did not realize there were so many different olive oil items for sale and tasting. |
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![]() Our Host thoroughly explained the processing of growing olives and making olive oil, and we tasted many flavors. |
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Next was Black Sheep Bar and Grill where we tasted their secret recipe Mac and Cheese. | ![]() Nearby was the historic Wineman hotel. |
![]() A former boarding house. |
![]() A beautifully restored home currently for sale. |
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![]() I thought the this truck matched the colorful shingles. |
![]() Steeples abound. |
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Community garden plots are available at $30 yr. |
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![]() This lady (left) has devoted her whole plot to plants and flowers that attract bees. I had no idea how many bee species there are. |
Original Creamery |
![]() Children's Museum |
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![]() Vieni Vai Trattoria Italian Rustica, wood-fired pizza along the creek. |
Don Spotted the Phoenix used book store. |
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![]() Clock near the Court House |
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Our final stop for a delicious dessert at Buona Tavola. |
![]() Bright candy counter in the Fremont Theatre |
![]() Ticket booth and art deco floor outside the Fremont Theatre. |
![]() Fremont Theatre |
San Luis Obispo Amtrak Station. |
![]() SLO Station includes ticket kiosks, which should be placed in all manned and unmanned Amtrak Stations for passenger convenience. |
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Cafe Roma Cucina Rustica Italiana 1020 Railroad Avenue, next to the SLO Station |
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![]() Thai and Vietnamese restaurants near the station. |
![]() Meze Wine Cafe and Market, close to the station. |
Two views of Iron Road Pioneers monument to Chinese immigrant railroad construction workers. |
![]() This view from the pedestrian bridge. |
![]() Iron Road Pioneers monument plaque. |
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![]() The museum is a short walk from the SLO Pedestrian Bridge. |
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![]() Inside Sally Loo's |
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![]() While waiting for our Bus to Solvang, from the pedestrian bridge, we watched the Coast Starlight arrive from the north. |
![]() Coast Starlight in San Luis Obispo |
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![]() Wandering Dog Wine Tasting. |
![]() Inside the Wandering Dog Wine Tasting Room. |
Wandering Dog Wine Tasting Room. | ![]() Wandering Dog Wine Tasting Room. |
![]() Wandering Dog. |
![]() As with most wine tasting rooms, the Wandering Dog sold wine-related gifts, such as these wine cork purses. |
Our accommodations at the King Frederik Inn were literally steps from the Amtrak Bus Stop. |
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![]() Not hard to imagine that this might be how Copenhagen buildings look. |
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A good place for breakfast. |
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![]() The Gerlach Photo Gallery was open this morning so I ventured in to see this local artist's 4 x 5 Hasselblad work. |
![]() Stork nests are on many building roof peaks. |
Alley views look like Denmark, or Disneyland. |
![]() The Little Mermaid has good snitzel, based on last night's dinner. |
![]() Remember this little song? |
![]() The biggest of several windmills in town. |
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![]() The Inn is exactly a (short) block long. |
![]() With an entrance off Copenhagen and Mission, no turning around is necessary. |
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![]() Hans Christian Andersen statue. |
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![]() I actually heard the bells play a piece at noon. |
Shopping courts even have nice fountains. |
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![]() Copenhagen? No, Solvang. |
![]() One block east of town is the entrance to the Mission. |
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![]() California poppies at the base of the sign. |
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![]() A live museum piece motored by. |
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![]() The King Frederik Inn provides a 20% breakfast discount here, but we got the same discount for lunch as well. |
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Room 3's fireplace, desk, and TV. |
![]() Our unit included a cute, compact kitchen. |
![]() Kitchen table and 2 chairs. |
![]() Bathroom in Unit 2. |
Morning Coffee for the adults, cute chairs for the small ones. |
![]() Equipment to check out for the beach. |
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Santa Barbara Harbor post sunset. |
![]() Commercial and recreational boats tie up here. |
![]() Unusually painted camper in the Harbor lot. |
![]() Unique tour transportation passed us by. |
Sambo's Breakfast Restaurant |
![]() Inside Sambos on the beach. |
![]() Road signs at the RoadHouse |
![]() Road House on East Yanonali, the Beach House Inn is on West Yanonali. |
County Courthouse, No. 1 on Map above. |
![]() County Courthouse Entrance and Clock Tower. |
![]() Stairwell Ceiling |
![]() Visitors area above the clock at the top of the Clock Tower. |
View North |
![]() View Northwest |
![]() View West |
![]() View South, to the ocean |
![]() Arlington Theater on North State Street |
![]() Granada Theater on North State Street |
![]() A restaurant on North State Street bears my first name in Spanish. |
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Seth Kunin |
![]() Kunin Tasting Room |
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![]() Near Kunin's we spotted a Plymouth Woodie. |
![]() We spotted a Ford near Santa Barbara Winery. |
![]() There must have been a Woodie Run to Santa Barbara from Huntington Beach. |
Don retrieved our stored luggage.
Soon the single-level consist returned (right) from San Luis Obispo, and we were on our way to nearby Ventura for our final night. |
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Eric Ericsson's Seafood Restaurant |
![]() Dargan's is a nice place for dinner on E. Main St. |
![]() I liked the neon on the Downtown Century Theaters on Main St. |
![]() This sign is on California St., right above, and viewable from, Hwy. 101. |
A long camera exposure makes Hwy. 101 from the California St. Bridge look like a jetway. |
![]() The Crowne Plaza from the boardwalk. |
![]() Saturday morning craft booths. |
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![]() I walked to the pier and had lunch at Ericsson's Seafood. |
![]() I could hear this group, playing at a restaurant on the pier, all the way to the hotel. |
I found this fellow, outside Ericsson's, playing tunes more to my liking. He was playing on a 1950s guitar. |
![]() I thought his mode of transportation (bicycle) and amplification (batteries) fit well within my "Car Free Central Coast" trip report. |
![]() The pier is unique because it has a 'spur' on the end and the ocean end is higher than the land end, having been raised to accommodate larger ships when it was a wharf. |
![]() The pier is a nice platform for taking a photo back toward the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the coastal mountains beyond. |
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Seaside Pool |
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The best map of Ventura is at the Amtrak Stop. |
![]() There is only a platform and sign. We walked, with our luggage, from the Crowne Plaza which you can see a couple of blocks to the east of the platform. |
![]() A ticket machine allows passengers to buy and/or print tickets. |
![]() A sign announces our arriving train. I wonder, with all this horizontal space, why most words are abbreviated to 3 or 4 letters when space would allow them to be spelled out. |
Unfortunately,
within view of the Ventura Platform, with the train arriving, I counted
about 13 people and a dog trespassing on RR property. I looked in
the opposite direction and saw 2 more people on the track.
Perhaps Operation Lifesaver should spend some time here handing out
citations. |
![]() Luckily, none of the trespassers were hit by the arriving train, and we boarded and headed toward LA. |
![]() I had not ridden in the cab car on this route and in spite of the 8 closest seats to the end window being blocked and unused, I took some telephoto shots through the window. |
![]() RR bridge over Hwy. 101. I'd hate to be driving toward this bridge at night with a train's headlight in my face. |
Approaching LA, a Metrolink waited on a siding for our passing. |
![]() Mission Tower entering LA Station. |
![]() I turned this spaghetti bowl of tracks entering LAUS into black and white for a timeless emphasis. |
![]() Track 10's cover needs paint, which will come after 2 or 3 more tracks being added are complete. |
"A couple of Big Rail Fans." Don Roe, (above/left). When my wife, Sue, doesn't accompany me on these Rail Adventures, Don usually does. He fulfills the following job titles: Associate, Traveling Secretary, Dispatcher and as with U.S. Presidents, he's my Personal Traveling Clergyman. As I age, I find I turn more and more to him or Sue, both younger than I, to remember the unrecorded details of these adventures as I prepare my reports. |
![]() "Yours Truly, with a big fan." When you are a Web Author like me, with no friends, you stick closely to the few Fans you have!" |