Highway 1 and Hearst Castle July 21th 2008

My trip in the wild wild west ended with the drive south on Highway Nr. 1. It was only since a few days, before that was burning there and the road had to be closed.
The drive is very scenic with beautiful views:



The fires had reached the Highway 1. These trees here are brown because of it.





They had a sealion colony there. Most of them relaxed and warmed up in the sun.


Some teenage male sealions did some noisy fighting to train their fighting.



One highlight on HW1 is the Hearst Castle. The publisher Hearst bought lots of arts and collected it here. The styles are mixed together and many rooms looked funny. It looked a little kitschy, but had its special charm.


I loved the pools, either the outside pool:



Or the inside pool:

And having a meeting here must be special:



Here ends my trip in the wild west, I saw many beautiful places, had fun with my friends and met some strange guys too. I drove over 5000km, America is very big.