Started with the old spanish mission just outside of town:

Then it was time to visit town, which is indeed best done on foot. It's a nice little danish town that a few immigrants decided to make it their home and it grew from there:

lots of stores and overpriced tourist stuff:

And a few museums:

Including the motorcycle museum

After being done with town, went to the fun Ostrige Museum a few miles down the road:

The flight down the coast was scenic as always

ATVs waiting for customers :)

Oceano is a small runway, but not an issue for a 182:

After signing up paperwork and getting a ride to were the ATVs are parked, it was time to have fun again

I took the briefing seriously and made sure not to flip by going sideways up or down. I did ok overall:

the dunes can be challenging, definitely easy to get hurt if you're doing it wrong

and sure enough, someone did

didn't look good, many vehicles went there and were still there 30mn later :(

so long Oceano

It had been a while since I last went, happy to have been back:

There was a bit of time left in the day after arriving from Oceano, so going to downtown to check out a few local stores and galleries, made sense:

then time for an early dinner

After dinner, it was almost time for sunset and to go check out Field of Lights/Sensorio

The next day, got up early-ish to drive to Hearst Castle

After making sure that Hearst Castle wasn't going to take the whole day, got back in time to visit Paso Robles, starting with the Pioneer Museum, which was much better than expected:

they also had a old oil pump

After the museum, there was time left over to visit downtown which had an art festival that weekend:

The plan was to go visit Franklin Hot Springs next, but honstly when I arrived, it looked pretty ghetto, so I aborted that plan :)

The next morning, plan was to go to Solvang early, but both areas were solid overcast, delaying the flight. In the end it was a mixed blessing because I had some extra time to visit both museums on field:

And then that was it for Paso Robles. Honestly there didn't seem to be much else to do if you're not into wine tasting :)
'till next time.