7h20 am - This campground feels like an orchard. Very quiet. Cambria, Santa Rosa Creek, beautiful sunny morning. Spanish moss in the trees along the road. We drive through amazing vistas of soft velvet undulating hills. Like a hand pushed down on soft clay and molded indents between the hills. You would want to paint these they are so beautiful. An enchanting area (photo).
We start seeing vineyards on our left and on our right and pretty soon there are fields, immense fields covered with vineyards (photo), as far as your eyes can see. We were told that this area is now competing with the Napa Valley and you can easily see why.
As we drive on, the road changes drastically. Now we have parched hills and green trees below. And again, we start seeing more vineyards and orchards. Lockwood, San Lucas.
Now we are in an agricultural area, fields cultivated for broccoli, pimentos, again workers in the fields, iceberg lettuce, Taylor Farms. Greenfield. Very busy agricultural area. Spreckels, Salinas.
Now heading for California 1 and the coast. The ocean is beautiful, the colour turquoise with rocks breaking the waves on the shore. The drive is spectacular from the start.
We found a campsite in the Pfeiffer State but only for one night. Memorial Day weekend is coming up and they are completely booked. We had lunch there. This site is in the redwoods, awesome redwoods, so tall and so straight.
We leave to drive the coastal road. We stop to watch the sea lions. There are homes built everywhere, down or up. You can hardly see them nestled in the trees.
Ross wanted to drive up to where the rockslide was at this side of Highway 1 but again we turned around just before as there was a bridge under construction. On our return trip, we stopped at the Julia Pfeiffer State Park and walked a short trail to a water fall but with no access to the beach below. It was almost 6 pm by the time we got back to the campsite. After beer & chips, download photos, no internet tonight but did get a shower at 25 cents for 3 mins. We had quite the day!
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