We planned our adventure and it bit us in the ass, okay, not literally but our plan was to go hang out at Barney Schwartz Park on the east side of Paso Robles but the Lord of the Wind said heck no.
First let me begin with how cool this park is, there are baseball fields, soccer fields, kids playgrounds, walking paths, covered seating areas to eat and hang out, and a man made little lake that you can fish in. Wow…why haven’t we hung out here before? Not sure, but this will be remedied! Thank you, Barney Schwartz!
So we had packed a picnic and grabbed our baseball gloves to play catch as well as our whiffle balls and bat to mess around with…whiffle ball in howling wind = no way! We did a quick walk around to see all this park had to offer and make plans for future visits but then we hopped back in the truck and took off.
Rather than cry a river (a little Justin Timberlake tribute) we decided to head out on a drive and see where we would end up. After taking many lefts and rights on some beautiful country roads we ended up covering the east side’s of Paso Robles, Atascadero, and Santa Margarita…some truly beautiful scenery out there this time of year!!
We’ve done the “driving adventures” before and we really love them, of course, it helps to live in an area like San Luis Obispo County because there are endless country roads that will lead you to absolutely gorgeous scenery…rolling hills, trees, wild flowers, huge green meadows, and mountainous areas that give you views for days!
Adventure is all about being adaptable and taking things as they come. It’s something I (Hoot) have not been good at until recently. I always wanted everything planned out because I was afraid of having to make choices on the fly…but now it’s one of the most exciting things about life! You can fight life or embrace it…live the adventure folks!!

Look the park, and especially the green rollings hills and so beautiful. I remember a few years back when my husband and I were staying at the Apple Farm and we got the package deal where they gave us a road map to visit the Lavendar Farm, the Olive Oil, and three wineries and they put the wrong direction on one and is was a little scary getting lost which we turned back and went the other direction and found it, can’t remember which winery that was. It was still fun and woodsy, Norman Winery I think was way out there.
Hi Bev! Sounds like you had a great adventure, too! We love getting lost on the back roads, especially this time of year when the hills are green and the wild flowers are coming on. Good times!!!
This place looks beautiful and tranquil from the pics! Don’t see many peeps using this park, or did you edit them out? 🙂