Étude – Fini
Yesterday we signed the papers to take ownership of Étude. So we’re done, right? Hop aboard, cast off, and away we go. Not so fast. Once the Nordic Tug factory…
August 2022
Étude – First Sighting in the Wild
Étude was scheduled to begin sea trials (that is, “Is she leaking?”) on August 16th. I don’t know whether that milestone was met. But our broker, Jeff, sent these photos…
Road Trip – This and That
We followed Highway 1 along the California coast to Half Moon Bay where we had lunch and encountered the spectacular, shortened VW bus shown above. It is so Californian! After…
La Cuesta Encantada – The Cottages and Kitchens
The three guest houses that make up the “Spanish village” of Hearst’s imagination are like the Three Bears: small, medium and large sizes. We were able to have a look…
La Cuesta Encantada – The Upstairs Suites
If you were lucky enough to be invited to stay at the Castle, you could expect to find yourself in pretty spectacular surroundings. We saw the public rooms in the…
La Cuesta Encantada – The Grand Rooms
“This must be a new experience for you to see the grand home of rich people”, I said to the British family joining us on our first tour. Hearst imagined…
La Cuesta Encantada – The Visitor Center
Most folks call this monument to tasteful pillaging Hearst Castle but its given name is La Cuesta Encantada, which means The Enchanted Hill. I’m here to tell you that when…
Itty Bitty Inn
Meet Rik, creator and proprietor of the Itty Bitty Inn in North Bend, Oregon. Although the motel was built in 1950, you can bet it didn’t look like this in…