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The early morning sun along the coast in Canbria |
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Ellis Lovell with Teri English and Valerie Puryear |
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Betty Villers and Valeri Puryear search for shells in Cambria |
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Linda & Bill Ainsworth in Cambria as we prepare to depart
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Our first pause was a beach to view the walrus |
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| There were many walruses laying on the beach. Strange how they
occupy just this beach |
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| Ellis & Margaret Lovell at Ragged Point; note the road hung
along the hill |
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We were stopped for about 30 minutes as road crews worked to
prevent rock slides |
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Teri english and Valerie Puryear wait for the road crew to finish |
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| Jim Villers' car with a view of the bridge and
road ahead |
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| Approaching the Point Sur Lighthouse on the top of a volcanic rock just off-shore in Point Sur |
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We had to park at the base of the rock and walk up to the
Light Station |
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Half of the group, note others on in font of the light |
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| A view down from the top |
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| susan & Craig Smith with a light lens. Point Sur had a first order lens,
8 feet tall and 6 feet wide |
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A view of the other group climbing the stairs to the top of the Light Station |
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A view of the light from above |
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| A view of our parked 190SLs from the top of the Light Station |
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| We stopped for lunch at Nepenthe at Big Sur |
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190SLs parked on the road below the Nepenthe Restrauant |
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We gathered for lunch on the patio with a view of the ocean |
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| Jim & Betty Villers enjoying lunch |
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| Our final stop was the Los Laureles Lodge, an inn in an historic hunt lodge |
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| A beer and snacks, the rooms were built in the old stables |
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| Valerie Puryear demonstrating her skills at caring for horses |
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| Dinner in the Los Laureles Lodge |
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| Susan & Larry Rotta, the found a Rotta Winery during the trip |
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| What can be said about Walt Puryear and Betty Villers |
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The Tuesday drive up the Pacific Coast Highway was filled with
spectacular vistas of the ocean and the road that was hugged the
hills above the water.