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RE: R2R Travelogue 8: Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California
Went we visited the pools were drained for repairs! I was particularly bummed about the outdoor pool being empty since it features so heavily in photos of the place.
But the views outside and eve architecture of the place were stunning!
I "feel your pain" @dfinney, as that was my thoughts as well ... Bummed ...
Except my disappointment was with the Indoor Pool, as I had such vivid memories of it when I was there 40 years ago. There was no question to me of 1) They had changed the lighting and not for the better, and 2) It was clearly in a worse state of repair.
Overall, this last statement, as I allude to in my post, is my primary "takeaway" from this visit. The place is in decline. Probably irreversibly so, given the scope and magnitude of what it would take to keep a place like that going ...
For those who are seeing it for the first time, this will have much less of an effect, as they have nothing with which to compare it. For me, it is very unlikely I will ever go there again, but glad for the opportunity to have at least revisited a special memory, as that was a key part of making this trip in the first place ...