Here is a picture from Big Sur which I road tripped about two weekends ago, Oct 18? I think. Anyhow no picture can do justice to the real thing; it's simply amazing the northern California coastline. Also, I discovered that Big Sur is not is single spot on the coast like a city---it's an entire stretch of rugged, wild and awesomely beautiful coastline that runs south of Monterey for about 90 miles. It is a curvy wind-y drive but an alter universe to get lost in. Amazingly romantic. Stunning. Powerful. Majestic. Makes me proud to be a Californian.
To drive to the first part of Big Sur, it takes about 2 hrs from the mid peninsula. I took 101 south and then cut through some farmland to highway 1 down the coast. Highway 1 takes effort to drive; lots of turns and twists. In 2003, about 5 years ago when i first started driving, i tried to drive to point reyes and it was scary experience. came *this* close to driving into the cliff wall several times.
Driving Big Sur is so hard when you're the driver, because every 2-3 miles the scenery is so beautiful you just want to pull over and get out of the car. Pictures don't do this place justice. You just have to be there to see it. Similar to the bay area, there are lot so microclimates down the coast, so you might get cloudy overcast fog for about 20 minutes and then pockets of brilliant sunshine.
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Hi Christina,
I understand what you mean "Driving Big Sur is so hard when you're the driver, because every 2-3 miles the scenery is so beautiful you just want to pull over and get out of the car." as I was driving on the 101 in october 2008, but from LA to SF... I remember having made a lot of stops, not enough in my opinion ;-)
(some photos I took there http://tomorrowitsnow.blogspot.com/search/label/usa)
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