We first spent a few days here in Monterey. We took a glass bottom boat ride and went out to see the Sea Lions.

This was taken from the side of hwy 1. It is the "famous" scenic hwy that goes along the shoreline along the California coast. The mountains are on the other side of the road. This is about 20 miles from our house on the way to Big Sur. we drove it mostly for the scenery and then ate lunch in Big Sur. Big Sur is very pretty with all the forests and redwood trees. There is camping galore there. It also was part of one of the wild fires when we first moved here. It is by far the prettiest drive I have ever been on.