17 mile (plus) Drive

Currently in:  Hollister, CA
Heading to Yosemite tomorrow! Yea!
Working our way north through California, Oregon and Washington


We took a long, long drive along the California coast.  We started in Monterey took a look at Cannery Row.   Lots of shops and restaurants.
We then stopped at Lover's Point, of course!  There are nice views of Monterey.

Around the curve is the Point Pinos Lighthouse.  It is the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast.  Unfortunately, it was closed when we were there.  But I got some photos!

We then entered the 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach.  Here are a couple of highlights of that drive.

Bird Rock (also has seals, sea lions and sea otters)

Lone Cyprus - 250 years old!

Ghost Tree - trunk bleached from wind

closest Johnny will ever get to Pebble Beach golf course!

We continued our drive along the coast into Carmel-by-the-Sea.   We stopped at the beach for a quick walk.

The houses along the beach were really interesting.  Each one had unique architecture.  The roof on this one looks like it's from a story book!

We drove around Mission Ranch, a property owned by Clint Eastwood.  While being a ranch, it is also a hotel and restaurant.  It's cute and very peaceful.

We continued our drive down Highway 1 toward Big Sur.  Lovely scenery.

There were several concrete bridges along the way that looked similar to this one at Bixby Creek.  They were built in the 30's connecting the Big Sur area in winter because other roads were regularly impassable.

It was a long day, but we covered a lot of ground!