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Published: September 19th 2007
Big Sur, California 2006
Big Sur, California 2006I have been driving to Big Sur along Highway 1 for 4 times during my stay in California for 18 months. It is one of my favorite places on the earth. It is the No. 1 of
top 10 romantic places by gayot.com.
“Big Sur” means “big mouth” in Spanish. It is not a spot in the map; instead, it is a coastline on Highway 1. The scenic charm can be extended from between Santa Cruz to San Simon. From Carmel to Lucia alone, touring Big Sur on Highway 1 is one of the most captivating drive anywhere. The inland strip along Highway 1 provides access to state parks, redwoods, coastal streams and Los Padres National Forest.
My last visit was in mid spring 2006，We set out from Mountain View in south bay (where Google is headquartered) at noon to San Simeon, Hearst Castle. The mode of our trip was relaxing. We stopped many times at the turnout along Highway 1. It seemed that I will never be bored by the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean. We visited 17-mile-drive in Monterey Bay in the afternoon. Unlike Summer, weather in Spring is not foggy at all in Monterey bay. We love to see the
Big Sur, California 2005
Big Sur, California 2005 cypresses which are all in strange sharp.
We stayed at a tent cabin and had BBQ in
Fernwood Resort . It is on the right hand side of road if you drive towards south. All the lodgings in Big Sur don’t have specific address but a common simple address “Highway 1, Big Sur”. So I will recommend you do some homework about your hotel’s location if you will check in after sunset. The tents area is next to Big Sur river in the redwoods, you can hike easily to
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park . We got an special rate by mentioned its website.
We drove towards south along Highway 1 to Simeon for Hearst Castle and spent about 3 hours there including a tour. We were planning to stay at the tent again by weather change and it became cloudy which made the ocean looked gray and very unwelcome... So we drove back to Mountain View and arrived at home at around 9pm. It was a fun weekend trip!
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