Big Sur

According to my co-workers, summer is the worst time to visit the coast of Northern California. Apparently it's foggy all the time and doesn't get very warm. I can confirm this is true.

I spent a Saturday driving to Big Sur and Monterey. I left early to avoid traffic, which was good in that I avoided traffic, but bad because the fog didn't clear up for a while.

Boats In The Mist

Highway 1 - partly foggy

I was bummed about the fog, but in the end it made for two different drive experiences along the same stretch of road so that was nice. The first stop was Julia Pfieffer Burns Beach which had been recommended to me by my co-worker Mauricio. It was very cool! There were rocks and water and waves through rocks! It's probably really amazing when you can see everything :)

View from the entrance

Getting to the beach requires driving 2 miles down a one lane road that is only sort-of marked off of Hwy 1. Mauricio's theory is that the residents take down the sign to keep people from finding it. If that's true, it's very sneaky.

Waving hello?

I stayed there for a bit, met some new dog friends, watched some people fish, then continued back north where it was getting sunnier. There are a ton of lookouts and stop offs along Highway 1. I stopped at a couple of the beaches before continuing on to Monterey.

One roadside beach

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