Pacific Grove-Carmel-Big Sur

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Steve chauffeured us around again today--down the coast to Big Sur. Dana was a little nervous on some of those curves at the edge of the cliffs! These were the views we came to California for!! All these years, we have only seen it in pictures or movies. Needless to say, we went crazy taking pictures! Mom took us to the Restaurant at Ventana for lunch, a wonderful place on a high cliff overlooking the ocean (for an early celebration of our birthdays). The food was superb, the landscaped patio we ate on was very serene, and we had a very relaxing time, even though the fog blocked the view of the ocean. We had to take some "David pictures", as we affectionately call pictures of our meals. Stopped at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park for a short hike to an overlook of a waterfall on the beach below. We then stopped in Carmel to visit before returning to Pacific Grove. Mom says, "Clint (Eastwood) didn't come out to say 'hi'!"

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