I CAME DOWN TO CAMBRIA THIS WEEKEND WITH MY MOM. WE DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP TOGETHER SINCE WE ARE SO CLOSE AND HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME SPENDING TIME TOGETHER BUT NEVER SEE EACH OTHER ANY MORE AMIDST OUR CRAZY SCHEDULES. SO WE TOOK 101 ALL THE WAY DOWN AND FIRST STOPPED OFF AT MISSION SAN MIQUEL BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT WAS ONE MISSION THAT WE ACTUALLY HADNT BEEN ABLE TO CROSS OFF ON THE LIST. WE HAVE SEEN MOST AND MISSION SAN MIQUEL WAS WONDERFUL. IT HAS SOME OF THE OLDEST MOST AUTHENTIC PAINTINGS AND STRUCTURES OUT OF ALL THE MISSIONS AND GIVES A GREAT OLD SPANISH STYLE FEEL WALKING THROUGH THE CHURCH AND THE CEMETERY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SEE ALL THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIVES. WE ARRIVED IN CAMBRIA AND CHECKED INTO AN OLD MOTEL, I LIKE IT MY MOM THINKS ITS OLD AND GROSS HAHA. TODAY WE WENT TO HEARST CASTLE AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN THERE ABOUT FIVE TIMES BEFORE IT IS JUST AS BREATHTAKING AND MAGICAL AS EVER. ON OUR WAY IN AND OUT WE PASSED THE HERD OF WILD ZEBRAS THAT HEARST BROUGHT OVER AND IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS SEEING THEM! WE HAVE BEEN EATING WONDERFULLY, EVERY RESTAURANT WE GO TO IS LOVELY, WITH GREAT FOOD, MUSIC, AND AMBIANCE, AND TONIGHT AS WE WERE WALKING INTO TOWN FOR DINNER WE STOPPED AT THE BEAD SHOP ACROSS FROM OUR MOTEL, THE WOMAN WHO OWNS THE SHOP WAS MAKING GLASS MERMAIDS FROM THE WINDOW AND SEEING HER DO THAT TOOK ME RIGHT BACK TO MY GLASS ART CLASS IN HIGHSCHOOL SO WE HAD TO GO IN AND I FOUND THE MOST MARVELOUS MOONSTONE RING THAT SHE SAYS WILL BRING MAGIC. SO I GOT A RING MY MOM GOT EARRINGS AND I HAVE A FEELING THESE PIECES WILL BRING US MORE MAGIC THAN WE COULD IMAGINE! I COULD FEEL IT WHEN WE WALKED IN THE SHOP. TOMORROW WE WILL LEAVE FOR HOME BUT ON OUR WAY BACK WE WILL STOP AT MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! XO
