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| Big Sur (December
3-6, 2015) |
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| View of Hwy 1 hugging the coast viewed form
Nacimiento Road |
| Barry couldn't make the 3rd annual December
at Big Sur so my Grandson Tyler agreed to accompany me. Of course my
trusty dog Mya came along. The first night we were at San Simeon State
Campground, the second Pfeiffer Big Sur State Campground and the third
Ventana Campground in Big Sur. We visited Cambria and Monterey for food , beer and a couple games of pool. Rain at Paso Robles had
stopped by Cambria but we had heavy night dew at San Simeon while
sleeping out under the stars on cots Thursday night. Barry and I had
been planning on staying at the Kirk Creek Federal Campground (on
the ocean side of US 1 but when we drove through it was all reserved
with a few occupied. Plaskett Creek, another Federal Campground a short
distance south had plenty of openings on Friday. We wanted two
nights a t Big Sur but they had no vacancies for Saturday night so we
only got one night and we moved to Ventana up the road. (Actually up the
hill and down the road (south)) for Saturday night. They had been closed
for some years but had reopened in the last one. They were situated in a
really nice redwood forest. A little more expensive then the state park
but well worth it with only a few campsites occupied. |
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| Stopped by Bakersfield National Cemetery
for the first time (Fairly new,
will serve through this century) |
Found an old friends marker (Dennis E Soard
1951-2015) |
| San Simeon |
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| San Simeon beach |
Elephant Seals a little up the coast from San Simeon |
| San Simeon creek campground is
$24 a night, the upper Washburn campground is $20. Big Sur is $35 a
night but comes without the platoons of ticks Mya pick up going from
Washburn campground to the beach. We had to wait until we got to
Monterey to purchase chemical weapons to fight the war. We pulled dozens
off her before resorting to what should have been done as a
preventative. |
| Monterey |
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| Cannery Row |
| Big Sur |
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| Ventana Campground |
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| Tunnel and views on the far side. |
| Nacimiento Road |
| I had always wanted to take Nacimiento Road
from the Coast to Paso Robles. It quickly climbs to near 3000' and then
down the Nacimiento River through Fort Hunter Liggett. I had always
thought Big Sur was the southern most Redwood forest but found redwood
all the way up the coast side to the summit. The road out of Kirk Creek
is 30 crow fly miles south of Big Sur. |
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| There are a couple of campground
between the summit and Fort Hunter Liggett. There is no leaving the main
road or stopping on the base. At times the road is secured but was open
when we went through with no delays on a Sunday. |
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