Big Sur Station

... a few wrong roads trying to get out of here (Sacramento all over again!) but finally managed it.  As we got nearer to Big Sur the smoke got increasingly thicker, and when we got on Coastal Highway 1 at Monterey we discovered that the road was closed ...

... .  We had a little over one hour of stopping time - spread out between the many different vista points.  When we reached Big Sur - we then stopped to have lunch/dinner (As it was after 5 p.m. by the time we reached the restaurant).  There ...

... spotted somewhere in one of our guidebooks that looked promising.  Before we stopped there we filled up with petrol at a tiny station, and the guy who worked there said he was from Ebbw Vale! We stopped at the Fernwood Resort, thinking maybe we ...

... fininshing the painting I went and got cleaned up in the sink there and then headed north again.  I stopped at the Ripplewood Resort in Big Sur and had soup and coffee for dinner.  I was living like a king today.  A few miles up the road I ...

... on the far side of the crash barrier. Stunning to look at in the reassuring daylight though.  We stopped at the only petrol station in Big Sur, which doubles as the Big Sur Bakery and filled up while Kez made a couple of calls, then sped off to have ...

...  Beach (lovely old fashioned harbour town) and Monterey (nothing much there really...). The best of the scenery is around Big Sur. Renting a car is a great idea in California, the roads are easy to ride (if you stay away from the canyons!), ...

... crash barriers on this road either! There are no words that can actually describe how beautiful and amazing the sights from the Big Sur actually are, and I do not think that pictures or video can actually do this view the justice that it deserves! ...

Almost ran out of gas...drove on fumes for miles without a gas station in sight.  Thank God for the Ragged Point.  Was able to fill up and see an awesome ...

... and Los Angeles. The road sweeps past headlands which jut into postcard-perfect turquoise waters. Much has been written about Big Sur and, for Australians, imagining the Great Ocean Road without the freezing blasts from Antarctica will give you a fair ...