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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, View from Casa del Mar

The building to the right is one of the guest houses, Casa del Mar.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Three Graces

This is the statue of the three graces. About 10% of W.R. Hearst's art collection is located at the Castle, 22k peices.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Side of House

Side view of the main house, Casa Grande.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Roman Pool

This is 10 feet deep all the way across (except in the alcove). The balcony could be used for diving.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Mom at Visitors Ctr

You buy tickets at a separate Visitor's Center, 5 miles down the hill from the castle. A bus transports tour groups to the top.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Guest Bdrm

Photography is allowed inside, but only without flash, so this is pretty dark. W.R. Hearst and his wife lived here until the main house was completed.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Frigidaire

W. R. Hearst owned three of these, among the earliest electric refrigerators.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Forest

This is a view from the bus as we drove up for our tour. The hilltop is almost solid rock. Hearst had 70k mature trees planted by blasting holes in the rock for their roots.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Egyption Statues

These are the oldest art pieces in Hearst's collection at San Simeon, about 3,400 years old. The statue on the right is on loan to the State Capitol, where Maria Shriver (Gov's Wife) has it on display.

Date: 28 February 2008
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Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, DR Place Setting

W. R. Hearst wanted folks to look at him as a plain minor's or rancher's son (?), so always had ketchup and mustard as well as paper napkins at the dining room table. Or, maybe he just liked Ketchup & Mustard?

Date: 28 February 2008
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Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, DR

There are about 20, 1500's Belgium tapestries on display throughout the castle.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Casa del Mar LR

Again, no flash inside so this is difficult to see. It is the Living Room in the main guest house. Gold leaf decorates many areas and red velvet wall covering.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Casa del Mar

W. R. Hearst and his wife lived here while the main house was being built. The guest house has 5,875 sq ft and lots of gold leaf.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Bell Towers

The front of the main house is covered with 3" of Utah Limestone. They back of the house wasn't quite completed (a work in progress throughout WRH's life)

Date: 28 February 2008
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Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle, Back Door

The front entryway has a very old Roman tile floor, so most tours enter through the back.

Date: 28 February 2008
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Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Hearst Castle - Kitchen

This is the only kitchen. None of the guest houses had kitchens or dining rooms as WRH wanted the guests to interact, so everyone had to eat in the main DR. All appliances are kept in working order.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Elephant Seals on Beach

The peak season was a couple of months ago, but there were still plenty of elephant seals on the beach. This is about 3 miles north of San Simeon.

Date: 28 February 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: San Simeon, USA: gallery
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Day 180 - Sand Dollar Beach, Stacked Rocks

This is a small, fairly isolated beach just across from the campground where we stayed. There is a very steep path & stairs down to the beach. Someone had enjoyed using some of the many rocks here.