Carmel, Monterey and Santa Cruz


Highway 1 is still closed, but there were a few things on our bucket list north of San Luis Obispo. 


Thus, last weekend we did a small roadtrip starting in Carmel, the even nicer side on the Monterey Penninsula. 


Even though this is - if I counted right - my 30th trip to California


there is still a lot  I haven't seen. 


Golf courses next to the spectacular beaches like Pebble Beach..


is at least parts of the 17 Mile Drive


This explains the rugged coast line betwenn Monterey and San Luis Obispo. 


In a way this drive is also Highway 1 in a nutshell


and more or less what the next 100 miles south would look like if they weren't closed


More views towards the pacific


and the beaches


This is stop 11


The Lone Cypress


This is a list of all the stops


The Ghost Trees


at Pescadero Point.


The overview of the drive.


Next Stop Monterey, the old custom house


from the time when the area was still Mexican


a view from


and towards the Wharf.


We walked further to Cannery Row


Which is actually the old canned food factory depicted by Steinbeck's novel "Cannery Row"


From there we drove further north to Santa Cruz


Fun fact: this is the place someone named O'Neill invented the wetsuit




which makes sense since the water is fairly cold for most of the coast. 


The Beach 



next to the board walk.


Some trusting pelicans


and then Nathan's decision to take a swim


and the water here was slightly warmer


Making it the first swim for the season


while sunset was approaching.


Frome here we headed off to Hollister where we spent the night so we could visit the Pinnacles National Park the next morning. 


And some videos


from the beach in Santa Cruz




 

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