Saturday, April 19, 2014-Sunday, April 20, 2014 (Easter Sunday)
We loaded up the car and headed west for US Route 1. Two years ago we had ventured from Monterey down this fabulous highway on a motorcycle. We had such a good time, we decided to return, only this time going the northern route.
We loaded up the car and headed west for US Route 1. Two years ago we had ventured from Monterey down this fabulous highway on a motorcycle. We had such a good time, we decided to return, only this time going the northern route.
Traveling from Paso Robles to Cambria was just an awesome trip. The countryside was the most beautiful spring green with mountains soaring up to 17 thousand feet. Wildflowers were abundant. The views were tremendous and that was before even arriving at the Pacific Ocean.
We wandered through the quaint community of Moonstone. The spring flowers were just showing off for Easter...They were absolutely beautiful!
Although the sun was high in the sky, the breezes off the ocean encouraged us to have a jacket on. Ocean views were just fantastic.
We stopped again across from Hearst Castle at the Hearst State Park and walked out on the pier.
People were fishing but the most exciting thing to see was this baby sea otter, floating along on its back right next to the pier. Wonder where its mama was?
Next on Route 1 we came to an elephant seal viewing area. Thinking we would see a couple laying on the beach, we stopped. Did we see one? No, we saw hundreds of these huge creatures. The males can weigh up to 5000 pounds...now that is big! Anyway they were wallowing in the sand on the beach barking...WHAT A RACKET! They were fun to watch!
On we traveled stopping numberous times to take pictures of the simply gorgeous scenery until we came to Big Sur. Here we stopped and found the little cafe with the lazy stream behind it. Out back we wandered to sit back and enjoy nature at its best....trickling stream, big red woods in the forest and these nice andirondack chairs to sit out in the stream. What a bliss moment!
We continued on up the highway with drop gorgeous views of rocks and ocean views. The color of the sun on the rocks was stunning.
It was a photographers dream to have so much scenery to take snap shots of and Larry had a grand time capturing each turn in the road. US 1 has to be one the most scenic ocean view highways in the world with the cliffs, bridges, rock formations, and beaches.
We arrived in Monterey in time to get a nice dinner and enjoyed a walk about the town.
Easter morning after breakfast, we headed for the scenic 17 Mile Drive....Pebble Beach...in Carmel. We were surprised to see so many homes along the route...thinking that the area was going to be more like a park.
Once we arrived at the Pacific Ocean we understood why people wanted to own a home in this area. It was so tremendously gorgeous... Fantastic white water waves against the beaches and unusual rocks.
We followed many paths along the drive to see all of the sights along the way and finally headed for the Pebble Beach Lodge for a few moments of relaxation. The outside decks of the lodge were tremendous for sitting back and capturing the 18th hole of many of the golfers coming in from a morning round. It was a great Easter Sunday moment to remember for a long time.
We finally pryed ourselves off of the sunny deck and away from all the fabulous views of the bay and the entertaining golfers to head down the highway to our next destination...Lake Tahoe.
The highways were loaded with lots of California scenery. We enjoyed the journey, but it got especially nice when we approached the quick curvy road, snow capped mountains, and the rushing stream that lead into Lake Tahoe.
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