We made it back to the coast after almost a month East and couldn't have picked a much better spot than Big Sur. It is amazing how different the coast is here when compared to San Diego, only a few hundred miles South. The sheer cliffs at the coast are only interrupted before rising to mountains by Highway 1. We drove through the Big Sur region for about 60 miles and saw a thousand beautiful vistas before reaching our campground at Kirk Creek. The campground was pretty amazing, but at first we thought we'd have to grab one of the last available sites that was right next to the road. We were pretty bummed, but then Lacey walked the loop and found that someone had left their slip up from the night before, making everyone else who had got there before us think that the site was taken. It was great!
We camped for the night in some really chilly and damp weather, woke up the next morning and decided to go explore. We stopped at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and check out the McWay Creek Falls that literally spill out directly onto the beach. Pretty cool!
We drove further up the coast and stopped at a great little coffee shop (although very expensive). Big Sur Bakery and Restaurant had one of the best cookies I've ever tasted, and a nice place to sit and relax for a while. Once we got closer to Monterey, we stopped at Point Lobos State Reserve. What a great choice! They have one of the few remaining Monterey Cyprus tree groves in the world and also have some very beautiful shorelines and hiking trails.
After leaving Big Sur we headed up the coast a bit further and camped one night at a KOA before heading to San Francisco!
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