Driving down the Big Sur coast
Leaving Pebble Beach, things finally got interesting. And by interesting I mean the view from CA-1 forced us to stop the car and really appreciate what we were seeing like every 10 minutes.
Here’s a rugged view that seems to evoke the coast of Scotland or Ireland.
We passed Point Lobos State Reserve (having hiked it previously in January) and finally crossed into novel territory. So we stopped immediately at Garrapata State Beach. Looks almost like Hawaii to me. It was a little windy though.
We hiked down to the beach, shared a peach. Found some calla lilies growing in the wild, which are one of my favorite flowers thanks to Georgia O’Keeffe.
On the way we crossed many historic bridges built back in the 1930s, some spanning streams and others wide ravines. You can just barely see one in the distance of this shot.
Here’s another view of CA-1 hugging the coast, taken in the early evening.
The view from the road kept looking like this, which didn’t in any way stop me from stopping to take pictures of it.
The last stop of the day before finding a hotel room in San Simeon was funny because Stephanie really needed to pee. Luckily this particular vista point had an enormous boulder between the road and the cliff. So she copped a squat behind the rock as I took this picture. Then she looked up and said this was probably the most beautiful place she’s ever gone to the bathroom.
Now you can enjoy it too.
Next: We did not tour Hearst Castle
Update: I put up a photo gallery with these and other photos: Driving down California’s Big Sur Coast
Gosh I love Big Sur. Growing up, my family would go on camping trips there every year.