On Monday we headed to
nearby Buellton to Andersen’s Pea Soup restaurant for lunch. We enjoyed
sandwiches and a bowl of split pea soup. Andersen’s have been in business since
1924 and serve over 2 million bowls of spilt pea soup each year.
Tuesday we drove south
of Lompoc along California Hwy 1 and US101 to El Capitan State Beach. Julie
used to go with her family camping here when her Dad was stationed at
Vandenberg. It’s a very nice state park with great views of the Pacific Ocean.
We saw seals, dolphins and a grey whale just off shore while we were there. The
weather was perfect, sunny and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.
On Wednesday we went to
The Hitching Post restaurant in nearby Casmalia for dinner. We went early, around
5PM, and it surprised us how busy it was so early in the evening. The
restaurant specializes in Santa Maria style barbeque which is slow cooking with
indirect heat over an open wood fire. The restaurant meals reminded us of an old
style steak house where each meal included a relish tray, shrimp cocktail, salad,
garlic bread, main course and dessert. The steaks we enjoyed were the absolute
best we’ve ever had anywhere and they had a nice smoky flavor to them.
Thursday we drove about
28 miles over to Solvang. We enjoyed a late breakfast at Paula’s Pancake House
in Solvang. I had the Danish pancakes which were thin, like crepes. There are
many Danish Bakeries in Solvang and our mission was to find the best petit-fours
(small two bite cakes filled with buttercream). The Solvang Bakery had a very nice
selection of holiday petit-fours.
We head to Paso Robles on Sunday where we’re staying at the Wine Country RV
Resort for 4 nights. We plan to visit a few wineries while we’re there. On Tuesday we will tour Hearst
Castle, a National Historic Landmark and California
Historical Landmark mansion near San Simeon on California Hwy 1.
Steve & Julie
Cornelius
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