Five blissful days on the Central California Coast

As gale force winds buffet the trees outside my window, I still feel a pleasant glow after five blissful, calm and warm days kayaking, hiking and relaxing on the Central California Coast over Chrismas break.  The lakes - San Antonio, Santa Margarita and Nacimiento - and mountains of the area, centered around Paso Robles near San Luis Obispo,  are wonderfully empty this time of year, and the coastal Santa Lucia Range is already beginning to glow lush green after the first showers of the season.

We had the best European-style hot chocolate at Serendipity Cafe on 11th Street in downtown Paso Robles ... if you're ever in the area and like chocolate, I suggest you swing by ...

Here's my Slideshow from the trip ...

Comments

[Daniel Nerezov]

Good heavens, the photos look unreal...like something out of a documentary.

Amazing.

[Vineet Buch]

Thanks, Daniel!