Courses run for America's Best Beach Drive - California State Route 1

USA / ran in the picture above the road on a sunny afternoon ahead of a 30-day journey last night from Western Canada road trip. California is just 1 road (California State Route 1) which use the profile image of Desperate Housewives!

In the small village road (State Route 1) and, of Northern California along the Oregon coast Leggett came down to meet like shown in red in the map above 101 Free and 1 typical way California road (Scenic Route) of the road up from the beach along the Pacific Ocean through San Francisco (San Francisco) and Los Angeles (Los Angeles) and the free way in Dana Point in Southern California once again ending 05 Total length about 650 miles - 1000km of coastal loader. Accentuated over the Golden Gate Bridge to the north (Golden Gate Bridge) from San Francisco and Los Angeles 101 South and a short way together, but of course a fantastic drive to enjoy the beach scenery as most of the round two-lane section.

In particular, the map shown in Monterey (Monterey) is about 200km section between Morro Bay (Morro Bay) is a National Geographic Traveler selected 50 places in the world 'drive should come up in life (DRIVES of a LIFETIME)' one . Plans call for the Pacific (Coast Pacific Highway) called Coast Highway drive the course, exactly what is the name to call the Road 1 near Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles, and the name of the person who first discovered the Spanish California in the Western region of the above I called right after "Cabrillo Highway (Cabrillo Highway) '.

The beautiful city of Carmel artist, not exactly the start to do more than a coastal dune left-Carmel-by-the Sea a.

FYI, I saw on the map indicate the principal points of the period to the final destination of the day in San Simeon (San Simeon) from Carmel (Carmel). It's stuck to the coast of Santa Lucia (Santa Lucia) mountains, as you can see, there is no large town as well as the traffic light junction, even in this period. Although not shown in the above map, go over the Santa Lucia Mountains in the middle is only one just below 101 and the road to see a little Lucia.

And meet people leave a little water color changed significantly Pacific crashing on the cliffs so, when the occasion is to be familiar with this landscape ...

1000 appears to be the representative of the 1 km to the California Coastal Photo Bridge is too famous Bixby. Not once in the long high road bridge, and came out to look like a lot of car commercials and films in harmony with the surrounding landscape is beautiful arch bridge length 218m, height 85m was made in 1932. This is the second visit and I was looking at 2001.

May 07 coastal cliff was yellow wildflowers that bloom much. Beyond the beach is a short run so Big Sur is the largest town emerges. Andrew Molera State Park and Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is in, was pretty much accommodation and petrol stations, campsites, etc. There are around Big Sur.

Comes back to the shore Julia Park Pfeiffer Burns State is out, go through the Big Creek Bridge is visible in the distance in the photo. Liked by the coastal road to the facility, which is well able to take a picture against the car safely so the view is really nice place.

Lucia is a place out past the mountains beyond the next road intersection is 1, and the pictures Kirk Creek camping in the coastal cliffs. If the vacancy was only last night's headed here, even though there was no vacancy in the camping weekdays to pity. They admire the scenery were so exquisite chapter camping site (?) To blink to take pictures, the pictures found in the lift instead Panoramio.

Length of time, you can go down to the idea that in addition to the town on the map, you do not know whether this was a wonderful villa that the hostel building and down to the beach where a lot of road left, but too hastily running over the bridge I visited also doing so looked down in.

You got a look in Google seeing here below Willow Creek Bridge Watson Beach, it seems that we are on the cliff jinaon length away.

Did not like that the wings of seagulls spread beautifully. In particular, some a low debt, and said tail of some a ballerina skirt.

Pose of wisdom was that the gull looks amazing ... ^ ^

Tide Pool in the photo below was hanging like a stone bridge across the Willow Creek Mountain, there were people holding something. I put up here, the height of the bridge is challenging, surprising to see that many bridges were built in the 1930s, the road and stuff.

Hurry up to visit again, we arrived in the small town of Gorda ex-wife is right next to the rest area near the road. Beautifully decorated with embroidered flowers and a market place in which a small cafe, a gas station and accommodation, the value of the car when the oil question has recently ...

Lead is a regular 1 gallon (3.89 liters =) is a whopping $ 4.8. 2.8 a gallon you put in before you start Because this $ Carmel, close to almost two times! Come to think of it, had never seen an article called Big Sur is just 1 of the Road is the most expensive oil in place in newspapers across the United States in the past.

To see the whales were known to move from north to south along the Pacific where, so also are made with whale-shaped fountain.

Buy a cup of coffee in the cafe and enjoyed this 'moment' in the scenery. However, (I did not know when to take, the pictures I saw it again is equal to ~ dap) and wonder what you think of me all day, watching the two of them just off the coast of cars passing on the road without the falling and like that?

After a relatively slow Gorda along the coast road runs winding hill. Now it is coming to an end of a fantastic drive course.

Ragged Point Inn is an unusual name is about to go down south to the last hill. Now that place 'ragged' will become like a rag says. Outlook was good and the hotel was pretty good facilities large, empty room, but may still have a lot left in his schedule at San Simeon.

Here has been created (?) To sperm in the spacious lawns and trees and cliffs on the coast, even the way down to the coast was made well. Carmel took three hours to travel from here. It seems regrettable that felt too rushed, but like I missed that much by running a while ... ^ ^ Now here comes number falls walruses (Elephant Seal) and a large village with a large sandy beach of San Simeon (San Simeon) is .