Quick Coast Trip

[Tommyboy]

My wife is now 7 months pregnant and we thought we should take a little trip to the coast. We wanted to beat the heat and travel while she's still able.

First day, Solvang:

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Stopped into the tobacco shop. Not terribly impressed.

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Saw lots of windmills but documented only this one, Solvang's largest and home to a T-shirt shop.

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Lots of really good bakeries.

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Seven months pregnant and she looks better than ever!

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Having sated ourselves with Danish culture and having indulged in the Hitching Post II's famous Monday night barburgers, we headed northwest to Morro Bay.

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This fellow managed to climb out of the pot, but alas, he didn't make it.

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Got a room with a private balcony overlooking the town and the bay. Got to enjoy several nice pipes during the day.

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This fellow came by to say hello.

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View from the balcony.

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Morro Rock.

The next day we headed north to Cambria, but not without stopping by Cayucos for some shopping and a stroll along the pier.

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It was pretty windy.

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We finally made it to Cambria where we had a very pleasant evening in a room overlooking the ocean, a good meal, and more shopping.

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If you ever find yourself in Cambria, eat here. It's wonderful.

On the way home we drove through San Luis Obispo. I wanted to stop in and see a tobacco shop I'd heard about, The Sanctuary. Good pipe shops are very hard to find in the era of anti-smoking hysteria. This was a great one.

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I was so pleased at having found such a great shop, that I treated myself to this souvenir, a Savinelli pipe, unsmoked from 1976! It's a real beauty and I'm enjoying breaking it in.

That's our trip. Thanks for looking. The rest of the pictures are here (http://www.snc1923.smugmug.com/gallery/5272291_ZWUgp).

[dlplumer]

Fabulous shots Tom, and your wife is beautifully pregnant. I have made the exact same trip twice. I love Monterrey Bay and Cambria. :clap

[Dogdots]

I enjoyed your photos. Sounds like you had a wonderful trip.

[ian408]

How'd I miss this TommyBoy?

Wonderful as any journey along the coast.

[Awais Yaqub]

This is great will love to visit the Bakery personally :D

[cmorganphotography]

That Eclair is di-vine. Yeah, tobacco hysteria. I hear you. Try mentioning hookah to people and they say bong. Mention pipe and they think crack. :rolleyes I don't know why but tobacco shops make me want butterscotch.
I hope to look that happy and healthy whenever I am 7 months pregnant. She looks great!
There's some beautiful grain on your pipe purchase. I like the cruved pipe much better than the flats. I really like the long ones so I can pretend I'm Gandalf the Grey. Nerds can look cool, too.
Have you tried any of the berry mixes out there? Blackberry and Boysenberry make some sweet smoke.

[Tommyboy]

Have you tried any of the berry mixes out there? Blackberry and Boysenberry make some sweet smoke.

I'm a pretty new pipe smoker (& pipe photographer), so I tend toward just those sorts of aromatics. My current favorites are black cordial and devil's holiday.

I don't have any butterscotch cravings, but always want something sweet after I smoke a bowl.

[dadwtwins]

I have always been fond of smoke shops. My dad was a pipe smoker and he loved his pipe collection. Eventhough I do not smoke, I still can appreciate a good looking pipe.

Nice shots:thumb

[cj99si]

Perfect documentation!