An excerpt from a very interesting blog post I found about San Simeon's Hearst Castle:
On our way driving down the coast to get to Anaheim, we made a detour so we were able to visit the Hearst Castle. My dad and I are both lovers of old house tours, Mike would go just to humor me, but my dad really enjoys them as much as I do! We also visited the Dunsmiur House in Oakland, but those pictures will be posted when I get home, they are on the other camera. Kade came with my dad and I, and he is just like his momma, completely interested in everything in the house and did the whole walk stairs and all! without complaining. Mike took Ivy down to the state beach where they watched whales and saw some sea lions and gathered shells, so it was a pretty good alternative for them!
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