First thing this morning we visited the old Spanish Mission church, the settlement which basically founded this town in the 17th century, it was charming and well worth a look-see, we also saw the local Police handcuffing and "frisking" a surly youth by the river - all very exciting.
A "belle" next to some bells!
Next we decided to drive to the ocean, Morro Bay is about 6 miles west and has a nature reserve and a fishermen's quay, sea food cafes and "taffy" stalls - think Whitby with sea otters. It was a nice place to visit, (as is Whitby actually), but the weather wasn't too good, misty low clouds and and a chilly sea breeze. Fishing boats were coming in regularly and gulls, pelicans, grebes and terns were all over the bay.
A feeding frenzy that doesn't involve me or doughnuts! Gulls, a pelican and an osprey...
Outside a harbour "Gifte shoppe"
We were going to try to find the road junction nearby where James Dean famously had his fatal car crash, but distances here are always much further than you realise and decided several hours looking for a T junction in the middle of nowhere was probobaly a recipe for getting lost, so perhaps not a good idea.
James Dean crashed his sports car and was fatally injured on Highway 46, near SLO
San Luis Obispo has a Farmer's market on Thursday evenings, and so we paid it a visit later, it was really atmospheric, huge barbecues, live music, fresh fruit and veg and plenty of crowds. We bought a fruit pie, some marmalade and wandered about soaking up the atmosphere, tomorrow we move on to Carmel.
The market seemed more like a local fete!
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