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brett_jv

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31. Me too ... Cal Poly Alumni here, class of '91 ...

Sat Aug 8, 2015, 06:10 PM

Aug 2015

Never went to Hearsts' while at school but went as a kid in the early 80's with my folks. Place is AMAZING.

I so wish I'd bought a house and stayed there after school ... 1991 you could buy NICE houses for $250K. Don't even want to know what they cost now, I'm guessing at least 2x if not 3x as much.

Have only briefly been back to SLO once since the last of my buddies graduated in 1994 on the way to Arroyo Grande where my cousin lives (he's a nuke engineer at Diablo Canyon, been there since around 1990) ... but I gotta get back down there sometime soon ... Miss that area big-time (Avila/Pirates Cove and Montana D'Oro, FTW), and 'Farmers' is off the hook.

Fun fact ... when I went to school there, my rent for my own good-size studio, like .1 miles from campus (Mustang Village) was $450/mo, and my tuition was around $325 per quarter. Can't even imagine how much more it must all cost nowadays.

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My husband and I just got home from a trip to the middle part of California... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 OP

Awesome pictures! Thanks for posting. woodsprite Aug 2015 #1

How exciting!! sunnystarr Aug 2015 #2

Wow..... SoapBox Aug 2015 #3

They are magnificent buildings in their own right, my dear SoapBox! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #4

I can't believe I never went to see that passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #5

It's not all that close to the ocean. We road a bus over a very long twisty road to get there. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #6

Oh my, I want those faucets! passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #7

Well..........you can have the photo! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #8

Are the pools still in good shape? diverdownjt Aug 2015 #9

The outdoor pool has a leak, so it's empty now, while they look to fix it. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #11

Thanks so much for the great pics. We lived in a funky beach town mimi85 Aug 2015 #10

Thanks for the links, my dear mimi85! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #12

Beautiful. I really like the two Elephant Seals. alfredo Aug 2015 #13

Thanks, alfredo! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #14

Too bad we couldn't smell them. ;) alfredo Aug 2015 #15

ALWAYS stop to see the elephant seals� dhill926 Aug 2015 #16

Did you go into Morro Bay? kimbutgar Aug 2015 #17

We did stop, but just long enough to take a photo of the famous rock! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #18

beautiful pictures, miss peggy. you are making me quite homesick! niyad Aug 2015 #19

Me too ... Cal Poly Alumni here, class of '91 ... brett_jv Aug 2015 #31

Thanks for the pix... virgdem Aug 2015 #20

Love the swimming pools at Hearst Castle. MADem Aug 2015 #21

Thanks for posting (you're welcomed to share more photos, of course). Auggie Aug 2015 #22

Thank you for sharing that, CaliforniaPeggy. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #23

All built by Hearst who ran the Fox News of the time. Kablooie Aug 2015 #24

Yeah, you're right! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #25

Glad you had a good time, my dear Peggy... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #26

I wish you could too, my dear awoke_in_2003! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #27

I am taking next week off... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #28

Sounds like a great list! Have fun with it! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #29

I also got awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #30

Rosebud. merrily Aug 2015 #32

Yep--Rosebud. Hearst didn't like what Citizen Kane had to say. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #33

Thanks, Peggy! If I had noticed those faucets--only for the benefit of the scullery maids, mind-- merrily Aug 2015 #34

PCH... czarjak Aug 2015 #35

Amazing place. Indydem Aug 2015 #36

Marta and I were there in Oct 2000 Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #37

Next time take me with you! Agschmid Aug 2015 #38