Sunday. part 1

We found a great little hotel near San Simeon. It was "ocean view" by that it means you could see the ocean out the window :-) But, it was clean and it was half the price as the night before so we were happy. We went quite a ways up the coast on Saturday probably about 12 miles away from where the PCH was closed due to the fires. We turned around and drove back, the north to south drive is much prettier. We decided to stop in San Simeon and hoped that we could find a room for under $300. We did and were quite happy. We went to a little mini mart to get snacks for the room and while we were there this dog walks into the store and starts snooping around on the shelves. It was a golden lab puppy (not really young, probably about 9 or 10 months), I thought he was with this guy who had come in at the same time. All the sudden I look down and this dog is eating the Little Debbie snack cakes right off the shelf - plastic and all and nobody is doing anything. Apparently it wasn't the guy's dog it was just the neighborhood dog. I said something to the clerk and she says "Oh no" really calm-like, like "not that again!" it was really funny. They are really dog friendly around here everyone has their dogs with them. We got up pretty early on Sunday and headed back south. We drove through some beautiful mountains as we headed east to catch the I-5. We decided to take the interstate back since it is faster. This brought us right through Los Angeles. Traffic wasn't bad but it is such a big area that it took over an hour to get through. We got on the south side of LA and ate at an In and Out Burger. It was good, but not worth the hype I've always heard.