Day 10 – 9th August from Morro Bay to Malibu

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Before we left Morro Bay, we visited the rock in the State Park. We then headed south visiting Mission San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach, Guadalupe, Solvang and then onto Malibu.

  • State Park Sign
  • Morro Rock, a volcanic plug in Morro Bay State Park
  • Morro Rock, where the rocks were quarried on and off from 1889 to 1969, provided material for the breakwater of Morro Bay. It is now a California Historical Landmark 821.
  • The Fisherman’s Family Statue by Elizabeth Macqueen
  • Morro Bay Police patrol car
  • Sign for Mission San Luis Obispo
  • Fountain in the grounds of Mission San Luis Obispo
  • The garden of Mission San Luis Obispo
  • Palm trees at Mission San Luis Obispo
  • Pismo Beach Sign
  • Misty coastal scene along Pismo Beach
  • Cormorants roosting on rocks off Pismo Beach
  • Black Oyster Catcher preening on a rock off Pismo beach
  • Pelican flying low over the sea
  • Pelicans roosting on a guano covered rock
  • Cormorants and Pelicans sharing a guano rock
  • A misty walk through the Margo Dodd Park in Pismo Beach
  • Street Art Pismo Beach
  • Change of scenery outside Pismo Beach
  • Humming bird feeding on flower nectar
  • Welcome to Guadalupe
  • The water tower in Guadalupe
  • Guadalupe historical Museum
  • Bell El Camino Real (the Royal Road) outside the museum in Guadalupe. El Camino Real connected 21 Spanish Missions in California.
  • The City Hall, Guadalupe
  • Mural art ouside the city hall in Guadalupe
  • Mural art ouside the city hall in Guadalupe
  • Street art ouside the city hall in Guadalupe
  • Street art ouside the city hall in Guadalupe
  • Street art at the Vietnam War Memorial, Guadalupe
  • Street Art, Guadalupe
  • Our car parked outside the Far Western Tavern, Guadalupe
  • Far Western Tavern, Guadalupe
  • Entrance to Vandenberg Airforce Base. We passed this on the way to Solvang
  • the 246 road to Solvang. Different views to the PCH1.
  • Beautiful rolling hills on the way to Solvang
  • Viking guarding the entrance to the Solvang Inn
  • Solvang (Danish for ‘sunny field’). Solvang was founded in 1911 by a group of Danish settlers, far from Midwestern winters.
  • The windmill at Solvang
  • Olsen’s Danish Bakery in Solvang
  • Danish cakes and Pastries in Olsen’s Bakery Solvang.
  • I would be rude not to buy some cakes!
  • Yum Yum.
  • Sunset on Malibu Beach.

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