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Andrew Smith's avatar

I might have mentioned the artist Chuck Close to you before. This is definitely Closesque! Nice.

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

This made me smile all the way through. The pelicans, the whale, the ridiculous Hearst statues, the family chat… it reads like one of those trips where nothing huge happens, and somehow everything matters. This is one of my favoritest drives. We did it in 2019 and 2022.

We are due for another.

Happy belated birthday, Jfran.

Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

The coast road trip was our summer standard. My dad would load up the wood paneled station wagon and do some variant of this from LA heading north, hugging the beaches. Once we made it all the way to Canada.

Hearst was a lot like Musk; wonder when he’ll start building his castle.

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

As far as I understand, he is building a community in Texas.

I haven’t been back to Hearst since 2019

A colleague told me it’s changed, but that view is always subjective; we need to see for ourselves.