Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

On the road again after our visit to Naro's meticulously organized home, the day was dedicated to driving Highway One to Santa Barbara. The distance is 237 miles (~385 km) all along California's central coast. It is like a massage for your eyes the entire way down.

It was a quiet morning drive (we had adapted to Al Kappone's song "Murda …

Monday 9/3/12:

So we checked out of the Omni in LA and began the first leg of our road trip. We weaved our way through LA along the coastline along Highway 1.

First stop was at the beachside suburb of Malibu. We were fighting serious hunger pains so we decided to try Jack in the Box. We had seen them all over LA, so we ordered the …

Zweiter Tag auf der Etappe in Richtung Los Angeles. Über die Route 1 fuhren wir weiter nach Süden. Erste Zwischenstation war das kleine Örtchen Carmel, welches zu den teuersten Städtchen am Pazifik zählt. Brad Pitt scheint hier ein Haus zu besitzen und Clint Ostholz war hier schon Bürgermeister. Außer nett anzusehenen Häuschen und ein bisschen …

On leaving we drive the short distance around Monterey Bay and stop for a wander around Monterey Wharf and the historic old buildings at the waterfront. It's the bank holiday today and a Greek fair greets us in the main square. After another peek at some more sea-lions and some sweets we get back in the car.

Stuart is driving and we are …

It's Michael's birthday. We decided to spend the weekend in Big Sur. I have heard a lot about the Treebones resort and wanted to give it a try. Thank God it was really sunny the time we were there (during the day). Below is our itinerary for the 2 day weekend trip:

Na dnešní den jsme si naplánovali cestu po pobřeží až do San Simeon. Pár tipů z průvodce jsme měli, ale víceméně jsme moc nevěděli, co nás čeká.
První zastávkou byl Pacific grove a nejstarší ještě fungující maják. Z Pacific grove jsme to vzali po placený silnici 17 mile drive …

Before leaving the hotel this morning we sat in the lobby overlooking the sea, i found complimentary coffee so i'm content to just sit and admire the view. A cute little kid starts talking to one of the hotel staff, taking about 20 mins to explain that he found a toy somewhere, he's gonna give it to charity and his brother might be looking for him …

I meant with Reta and Abby, silly readers!

We have been spending time with our AMAZING cousins in California. First, we all went to Big Sur and Point Lobos. Even though it was a little windy and chilly, the scenery and company were perfect. While at Big Sur, we were able to walk through some of the Redwoods (the world's largest living …

Leg one of our road trip took us from San Fran to LA via the most beautiful costal cities. We picked up our "mustang convertible" which Greg mysteriously turned into an SS Camaro (I've been told to put in 6.2L). Of course, Greg already told me that Camaro's have exactly the same engines as his clubsport.... so we've come all the way here so he can …

... 'vista point' as we only had one day to drive down to Santa Barbara. Stopped for a hike through at the Julet Pfeiffer state Park. We walked through a grove of redwoods and I was relieved to see Jane snap away with the camera making up for her missing ...

Camping at Pfeiffer State ...

... and truly majestic mountains (the Sierras I think), and it is a magical place.  We pulled into our camp site in Pfeiffer State Park and Ben and Lucy set about putting up 'the Big House'. They had told me after shopping for the camping gear that ...

... crisscross the creek several times. It was not too difficult and I was happy to survive the trail without any missteps. Unlike Pfeiffer State Park, there is complete access to the falls. I loved feeling the spray on my face. The cliffs around the falls ...

We packed up and went for a practice trip down to Pfeiffer State Park in Big Sur on Tuesday. The camp site was great; on the river with almost the whole park to ourselves. What a beautiful place to camp.   The tent went up without incident.  ...

Vi va i en park det va en lek plats. Vi had gåt jätte långt bara ...

Vi va i en park det va en lek plats. Vi had gåt jätte långt bara för at se et liten ...

... to hippies play on their bongo drums, and burning spiders out of our tent was actually great. We did a 5 hour hike in the Pfeiffer State Park the next day which was awesome as it was peaceful and you only came across people on the same trail as you every ...