SLO

We finally made our way out of Big Sur and into San Simeon. We were looking forward to seeing Hearst Castle. We knew we wouldn't make it in time for the day tour, but we thought we might be able to catch the night tour. We got to the ticket office, only to find that the night tour is only available on Friday and Saturday nights. Oh well, maybe next time. We'll have to call ahead and make sure that the Mystery Spot and the Hearst Castle will be open, and then we'll fly back out here, just for them! ;)

Off to the hotel. We checked into the Holiday Inn Express in San Luis Obispo (SLO), making sure that we turned off the car's headlights. It was still light outside; we had turned on the headlights to make ourselves more visible in the fog. After checking in, we headed back out to Linnaea's Cafe, one of the few results from our search for vegan restaurants in SLO. The helpful barrista told us that they didn't have their famous vegan chocolate cake today. We didn't go to the cafe for cake; we went to the cafe for dinner. No dinner for us: come back one year.

The barrista did point us towards the Natural Cafe, though. We split the hummus with pita. Shel got the Mighty Marinara, a tri-colored pasta with salad and garlic bread. Jason got the Zog Dog, a tofu hot dog served on a whole wheat bun with vegetarian chili. The food was decent.

We left the restaurant and headed back to Linnaea's cafe for a vanilla soy latte, and then headed back to the hotel. After settling back in, we got a phone call that we had left our lights on. Damn! We had been so careful, too. Jason went out to check on the car, but the lights weren't on. Uh-oh, battery's dead. Hmmm, that's odd, the car is starting. The battery isn't dead. Maybe they called the wrong people? A quick search through the parking lot turns up another Chevy Aveo, this one with its lights on. Phew!

Time for bed!!