Cambria Part I

On Monday the 14th, the day after the WTE.... Mom, Aunt Theresa, Candace and I loaded up in the taxi and headed to pick up our rental car.....We were heading to the coast ya'll!! So we get to the airport rental car lot and stand in the incredibly long line at thrifty, as this is where I had reserved a car.....a COMPACT car mind you. At the time of the reservation I had no idea that 4 women could have SO MUCH LUGGAGE!!!

So an hour and half and THREE cars later...bahahaha...we were on our way to Cali in a grand marquis!!!! laughing hysterically the whole way. This is one for the history books folks ;D

We ended up loving that boat!! iI drove so good and had tons of room! What a hoot!

We stopped that night before we made it all the way to Cambria, in a little historic railroad town named Tehachapi. We fell in love with it! Not till the next day however......as the first motel we stopped at, we only stayed in for oh....an hour tops...this is of course after going to get in the hot tub to find out it was broken.....the room reeked of cat urine...going to the ice machine for ice...it was broken....going to the vending for food ...it was empty! The list goes on and on.....so we sent lil ol southern Theresa up front with the brochure that says "No Surprises"..... had her throw it on the counter and say.....This says NO SURPRISES....well we sure are SURPRISED!

It was priceless and after arguing with them for more than 30 mins we finally got our money back and left. Needless to say I wont be staying at a La Quinta any time soon..

We headed further down into town and got a room at the Fairfield by Marriott for the SAME price and it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! The lady even upgraded us to a suite for free because of our troubles. We settled in and hit the indoor pool and hot tub ;P

 Nice huh???

Tuesday morning we got up and headed to down town Tehachapi.....adorable! So so quaint and just adorable lol. We had seen a little German bakery while driving to the hotel the night before and had decided right then we going to check it out on our way out of town. It was sooooo good. We had sandwiches and Ice tea in jars of all things!! Way out west...can you believe that! Ha ha

Kohnens Country Bakery

Their tea was surprisingly delish!

Me, Aunt Theresa (obviously to into her sandwich to look at the camera...lmbo) and Candace....

OMG and this absolutely delicious pastry that Theresa got....yummmmmmm

After FINALLY getting back on the road.....we headed through Paso Robles wine region. The area is just beautiful, with vineyards and numerous fruit and nut groves sprinkled around on the hillsides!

This place grew several different types of fruits and nuts....

A hillside vineyard...so lush in this desert nothingness!

We finally topped the last of the brown grass covered hills and you could feel the air change over to a salty breeze. It didnt look like we were anywhere near the ocean, but you could just feel it! 

We stopped for FRESH, the best thing i have ever eaten in my life oranges and a photo op at a look out point before heading down the mountain into town....

Candace and I posing as usual....

 Mom and I

We didnt know it at the time, but the ocean was just over that last hill in the distance...

The place we stopped for the "to die for" oranges....sigh...so yummy ;p

We finally got everyone piled back in the car to head into Cambria....we were all so excited to see the little village we had heard so much about......

To be continued.... (Sorry, I dont want the post to be to long!)