Blogs from Big Sur, California, United States, North America - page 5

This coast line is spectacular to say the least. We stopped at Hearst Castle and took the tour there. We looked at Elephant Seals on the beach at Cambria before taking in the sights of the coast road.... read more

24th & 25th April 2010 Big Portions, Big Sur & Big Beauty. Well, if there's ever a piece of road that you have to drive once in your lifetime, it's the Pacific Coast Highway between San Simeon and Carmel in California. It's a stretch of wilderness that is overwhelmingly beautiful. Drive as we did from South to North and you have huge dramatic cliffs on your left and luscious green hills or steep rocky cliffs on your right. It's an enchanting single carriageway for 90 miles and if you're lucky any recent lanslides will have been cleared. There was such a spot just before we stopped for lunch that was particularly hairy. There was a steep bump in the road dropping off from right to left where a landlisde had caused damage - single file traffic ... read more

As I rode the bus 4:30 am to the start line of the Big Sur Marathon, I wondered why I am doing this to myself AGAIN. The journey to the Big Sur Marathon was quite long and lonely. Houston marathon ended in January, which gave me a whole 3 months of "unsupported" training. I did as few hill trainings as I possibly could. I dragged every long run on Sat mornings. All these effort just to run at the rugged edge of the western coast. The challenging 26.2 miles course took us from the majestic redwood at Big Sur through the Pacific ocean view to Carmel. The weather was the best I could ask for. Sunny, breezy wind, not too hot, completely opposite from the previous day. The climb up to the hurricane point was daunting. ... read more

April 19th Let me just start this entry off stating that Big Sur is stunningly beautiful, my photos really don’t do it justice. The hiking in the area is absolutely great, I can attest to that because that is what my father and I did on the 19th. We drove about a couple miles up form our campsite to the Big Sur National Park Station, also the starting point for the Big Sur Marathon that my dad ran in last year. From there we jumped on the Pine Ridge Trail, (how fitting right!?) and started our afternoon hike. It wasn’t a terribly difficult hike but since I am out of shape I did get a lot of burn in my legs, oh well all worth it, the views after an hour or so were breath-taking. At ... read more

April 17th And so on this day in 2010 my father and I packed the car up to the brim with camping gear and his pooch, Rosa. We were ready to go explore the coast of California, from LA we were to drive north on Highway 101 until we reached Highway 1, and from there along the coastline until we reached Big Sur. We ended up camping one night at Lake Cachuma on the way up to Big Sur, after not being able to find a cool beach camping site that we liked and wasn't full. But first things first, we couldn't leave LA on empty stomachs, so we went to the only logical place to eat on the way out of town, an In-N-Out. Let me just say that having tasted pretty much all the ... read more