Ready to hit the road at 8:15. Mostly sunny skies and cool on our way to the Limekiln State Park about 55 miles away.
Just outside Carmel we see that PC 1 is open to Big Sur, 26 miles away. That wasn’t the situation when we were here 20 months ago!
A quick break to admire the views and catch our breath 20 miles into our day.
Old bridges and infinitely older cliffs above the Pacific.
Just really georgous views all day today but a lot of climbing to earn those views too! We had about 6,000 ft. of total elevation gain today and a peak of about 900 ft. above sea level.
One of the reasons for the Big Sur closure in 2017 was the rebuilding of this bridge over Pfeiffer Canyon, completed late in 2017.
We sometimes considered the rocky coast and emerald blue seas today as being almost Mediterranean, like the Amalfi coast in Italy.
Time for some cashews, a view over the Pacific, and a rest as we grow more tired as the day grows long.
We’re getting close! Our spot for the night is about 4 miles past Lucia.
Back down to sea level again. The hardest of the climbs are behind us now. Many of them were 10 to 14% grades, the steepest we’ve had so far.
A recent addition to protect the highway from rock slides.
And our home tonight is in our tent, under the PC 1 over 100 ft. above us. We felt a bit like trolls!
But we were right off of the beach with the sound of the crashing waves to soothe us.
We had lots of local visitors offering to help unpack our bags too.
Dinner via our wonderful Jet Boil-boiling water in 3 minutes for our dehydrated chicken and mashed potatoes.
A quick visit to the beach and the setting sun and we were off to our tent to read and perhaps a game of cribbage.
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