We went on a nice long walk today, way up high in the mountains where the views were spectacular. We are in hippy-central here, and half way up there was a shrine to Buddha where people had left various offerings, amongst them, a cheese knife. We came across a nice willing couple to do our daily pic although they seemed a lot more interesting when the guy had his T-shirt off.
In the evening we went to a restaurant called Nepenthe, on the site where Orson Wells built a cottage for his then wife, Rita Hayworth. Nice spot. We were just admiring the view and ordering some drinks and an appetizer (and watching a Blue Jay help himself to a few sachets of sugar, having lifted off and discarded the top few sachets of sweetener) when a group of five people (not a family we think) left the restaurant and the alpha male of the pack went for the others, saying, “ you ungrateful shits, it’s me who works all day to earn the money to pay for that meal” and started completely yelling and screaming, but sadly moved them away from where we were. I was keen to follow them and take some photos, but was persuaded not to. Amazingly, some 90 minutes later, after a very enjoyable meal, we found them all still going at it, hammer and tongs. We thought we should definitely stay and watch and maybe offer some advice, but it was approaching my bedtime (8.50pm).
These twisty roads in Big Sur have loads of laybys, allegedly where you can pull over to admire the views. Personally I think they are where you can throw up when the going gets tough.
Saw a man entering Deetjuns for breakfast this morning with a pet parrot on a leash - maybe he’s trained it to fend off raccoons...if so we'd be interested in borrowing it.
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| Day 13 |
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| Nice couple who took our pic |
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