March 17, 2011---Paso de Robles, CA

Happy St. Patricks Day---well, we did not drink any green beer or any reuben sandwich but we survived the day. Our travels today took us from Tuvale to Paso de Robles in about 3 hours. Our last few miles were the most exciting part of the day. We had an address but when we saw the sign for the resort the GPS said we had many more miles to go to our destination. This is a state park and things always get "dicey" with the size rig we have in a state park. We did turn at the right sign and as we progressed up the winding hill the road got more narrow by the foot. We came to a park entrance but we saw not human being but we did see a mule deer in the woods next to were we had parked. Walt called the number we had and he walked around the corner while he talked on the phone. After a while I was about ready to go search for him but he eventually came back to the truck. We were in the area and then we finally got to an area which was a circle with sites off of the circle. There was only one spot were we could fit our rig in without being in the driveway.
After Walt directed me on backing the rig we finally got into our spot, but we were unlevel, so I pulled forward and he but a layer of blocks under one set of wheels on the door side. We finally got snugged into our spot and we were ready to stay here until Monday.

After we at lunch we went for a drive and we found out how far we were in the boonies. There is a lake formed by a dam just around the corner so there was no real roads that took us across the hills. After driving for a fairly long distance we finally found 101 and a small family winery. Walt did some wine tasting and then we drove to Paso de Robles for a few groceries and then back home again for our supper. It is pitch dark around us and there are a few other campers in this area but there is no one in a RV. We have t.v. and internet so we are in the comforts of home.

Here are a few pics from today's travels.

When we were about 1/2 way on our trip we started seeing green hills which were fairly high.

This area had a flat spot and the cattle were grazing on the range.

This is a sample of the hills we drove through.

The hills with the yellow flowers was quite stunning.

 A view of Lake Nacimiento which we have as our home for a few days.

A picture of the many vineyards in the area.













Tomorrow the Hearst Castle. Goodnight