Tuesday, January 17, 2012

California trip 8 - 17-Mile Drive and Point Lobos

December 23rd 2011-
Just south of Monterrey and Pacific Grove starts the 17-mile drive, a road with beautiful scenery all along. We took almost 2 hours since we stopped at the different lookouts and just took our time enjoying the view. It ends with Pebble Beach and its world-famous golf course.
The famous Monterrey sea otter in its natural habitat!
You need a close-up to figure out what is on this "Bird Rock":Seals! And alot of them...
Last stop of 17-mile drive, The Lone Cypress, loyal to its rock since over 250 years:
Coming out of the drive, you drive through the little town of Carmel, with its million dollar houses overlooking the ocean.
A little further we stopped at Point Lobos State Preserve, another must-see of the Central Coast.
It is a perfect place to spend a whole day just hiking the trails through the cypress forests and then following the rocky shores. We only could stay a couple hours but we still got to spot some whales in the distance! November and December is the season for them to migrate through the area.

4 comments:

F2a2 said...

beautiful pictures and interesting comments.... of a great TRIP
any plan for the next one ?

Chris said...

I love watching again and again these pictures. It remains me so many good memories !!!

Serial Voyageuse said...

Trop belle ma soeur cherie! Tu as des photos des baleines vies à l'horizon? Je les ai peut être pas vues avec les photos de petite taille...
Jo

Carole said...

@flofred - un long weekend a Chicago en juillet pour le moment et l'été au Kansas!
@Jojo - non je n'ai pas pu prendre de photos des "jets d'eau" des baleines, c'était trop loin et on ne savait pas ou elles allaient sortir, dommage...