Saturday, September 28, 2002

Pacific Coast Highway, California

The beauty of the Pacific Coastline is breath taking.  A mixture of rugged shorelines, sandy beaches, unique wildlife, beautiful canyons, spectacular redwood forests, and meandering rivers kept us in awe for the entire week we spent camping along the Central California coastline.  We covered 1,300 miles.  and took 123 pictures which you can view by clicking on the links below. 

We saw the largest aquarium in the world, the tallest covered bridge in the United States, some of the tallest trees in the world, one of the most prominent of the California missions, and a display of wildlife, which included sea otters, sea lions, harbor seals, elephant seals, deer, and bobcat.


This is a map of our PCH vacation (courtesy of MapBlast)


DatePlaceActivities
22 September 2002Big Sur AreaAndrew Molera State Park
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
23 September 2002Monterey AreaMonterey Bay Aquarium
17 Mile Drive
Asilomar State Beach Tidepools
24 September 2002Monterey AreaPoint Lobos State Park
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo
25 September 2002Santa Cruz AreaHenry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Felton Covered Bridge
26 September 2002Santa Cruz AreaRoaring Camp Railroad
Natural Bridges State Park
Monarch Butterfly Nature Preserve
Wilder Ranch State Park
27 September 2002Big Sur AreaJulia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Our online photo albums are available here:

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