The weather is stiill improving 73°F (23°C).
Leaving Monterey, the Pacific looks great.
Following the Pacific coast we soon picked up the 17-Mile Drive, which is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula.
There are some superb properties on the 17-Mile Drive.
Various sea life on the Drive, such as these Brandt's Cormorants.
The Pacific continues to thunder in.
We had a break on the out skirts of Carmel.
We were joined by a little friend, before we continued on to Carmel for our lunch.
After lunch we continued our 140 mile journey to Cambria, down Highway One, the Cambrillo Highway, along the 90 mile stretch of the Big Sur.
The Big Sur was simply called El Sur Grande, The Big South, then combined to become Big Sur. It is a 90-mile stretch of rugged and awesomely beautiful coastline between Carmel and San Simeon (Hearst Castle). It is flanked on one side by the majestic Santa Lucia Mountains and on the other by the rocky Pacific Coast.
The Pacific mist keeps coming and going.
Just a magic place to be.
Some properties probably have some of the best views in California.
The mist just rises of the ocean as the surf drives in.
We stopped for a break towards the end of the Big Sur, this is the vista from the viewing platform there.
As the light started to fade, we stopped at Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery, which is around Point Piedras Blancas at San Simeon. We got a glimps of a couple of pups, but they kept close to their mother's.
We arrived at the FogCatcher Inn in Cambria just after Sunset.
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