Tuesday, 11 March 2014

CALIFORNIA COAST, BIG SUR Road Trip | from Monterey to LA.

We started our family road trip in San Francisco: here is the link San Francisco



Sun. March 9 -  Wow, what a Sunday Drive!

We had beautiful weather and enjoyed the fabulous views. The road hugged the cliff and usually did not have guard rails.  A great day!  Here are some photos.

Carmel by the Sea beach. -  Carmel is beautiful.  It reminded us of a hilly Niagara on the Lake.

Surfers


Carmel - las Lobos Nature Reserve




Meghan on the Rocks








Next Stop, the historic Bixby Bridge.  Highest/ longest cement bridge in world.  Built in 1932 and is seen on numerous car commercials.











The California Coast continued....

The views were great but the driving was crazy sometimes.  - twists and turns, no guardrails sometimes, cliffs straight down from the edge of the road.  Lots of fun!



Looking down from inside the car. (The following 6 Photos were taken from car window)





The road on the left of the photo is in front of the car and the road on the right is behind the car

No guardrails

A few twists and turns



Julia Pheiffer Burns State Park












A few very tall redwoods at the park


Hurst Castle

Hurst Ranch





We stopped at the Elephant Seal Rookery in San Simeon (near Santa Barbara).  It was great fun to watch the seals.  A real highlight of the drive.



Elephant Seal




In Los Angeles by sunset




The trip continues in Los Angeles. Link for the ending of our road trip is HERE
























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