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Pacific Coast Highway 1 California

USA | Thursday, 7 June 2012 | Views [589] | Comments [1]

The day started bright and sunny, as usual.  The sea was pounding on the rocks near our hotel and the seagulls screeching their demands of each other as we made our way to our breakfast place of choice, a superb bakery for Malc to have his Almond croissant and Diana to have her scrumptious chocolate croissant sat at an outside table whilst watching the antics of the seagulls and of  the local schoolchildren – and their ever patient teachers - getting ready to visit to Aquarium opposite.

Having discussed the options for the day we finally decided on a drive through the Carmel Valley and then ein fahrt ins blaue as the German’s would say. [No real idea but we will make it up as we go along].

The Carmel Valley road was a lovely drive through wooded areas with nice little villages and hardly any traffic.  We stopped at the Valley Village and strolled along the shops purchasing cold drinks to keep us going.  We eventually arrived at a place called King City and took the momentous decision to drive through a Military area on a road which eventually diverted us onto another road [how frustrating but fortuitous] which led through more densely forested areas onto a fantastic road with a superb overlook of famous Highway 1 which clings to the mountain side overlooking the pounding pacific ocean.

We stopped at the top and spoke to a young motorcyclist who told us he had been coming to that spot since he was 6 [he was probably about 28ish] and it had great meaning for him.  As we talked to him3 or 4 vultures circled below us taking advantage of the thermals and beautiful butterflies danced from flower to flower.  We made our way down this precipitous road to the sea which joined highway CA 1 just south of Lucia and drove back along this twisty road to Monterey which took so long it was like going on a roller coaster ride it was so twisty.

What a lovely day we had.

 

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Wondering how you both process so much beauty and drama on a daily basis! How magic. Will go to my next meeting thinking of the young man who makes pilgrimage to his special place.
Jill x

  Jill Armstrong Jun 7, 2012 5:48 PM

 

 

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