Monday, October 16, 2006

The ocean

Waking early we had to make up the miles we lost yesterday. The plan was to hit highway 1 near Monterey and follow it down to Los Angeles. This route is better known as the Big Sur and is where the Santa Lucia range joins the sea.. It is one of the drives you have to do with the roof off. We did but had to wear sweaters. It was a staggering drive and when you consider it was constructed in the 1930s a staggering engineering feat. We crossed a bridge called Bixby Bridge, was it named after a relative? but in its time it was the longest concrete bridge in the world.

As is right and proper for such a scenic route there were hundreds of places to stop on the route so that you could admire the views. We did and also admired the wildlife on display. Up until now we had seen a variety of animals on the trip, raccoons, skunks, armadillos, wolves etc, but all as road kill. Now they were alive. We saw Pelicans, sea otters, cormorants and elephant seals all down the coast. We didn’t see whales, but allegedly you can see them from the shore occasionally.

We stayed at a Best Western at Pelican Point just south of Pismo Beach. We overlooked the sea and as the name suggests the rock promontory was covered with fishing pelicans. The view of the sunset was fantastic.

We ate at a local restaurant where the special was a Kobe Steak. Wow it was probably the best steak I have ever eaten.

Tomorrow it’s down to Los Angeles and off to UK.

posted by Travellers @ 3:29 pm

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