Big Sur

We did a little sightseeing today along the coastline to Big Sur. It is so amazing that these views are only a few miles from where we live! Highway 1 south of the Monterey Penninsula was dedicated as California's first scenic Highway by Lady Bird Johnson in 1966. It goes 130 miles from Carmel to San Luis Obispo, but we only went about 30 miles this time. There are some great State parks that would probably take a day in themselves to check out, so we'll have to go back. Point Lobos State Park, for instance, has been called "the greatest meeting of land and sea in the world." It is a 1,275-acre preserve, more than half of which is below the sea. It is the first undersea preserve in the United States.


Below is a picture of the famous Bixby Bridge. It was built in 1932 and was one of the longest concrete arch span bridges in the world, with and arch of 320 feet and standing more than 250 feet above the creek!!