Avila Beach, California
Oct 8, 2014 05:47:17 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
I'm visiting here and have plans for most days,but though I'd ask for your ideas. yesterday we went to Hearst Castle,saw some towns along the coast and the Elephant Seal Rookery.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Oct 8, 2014 07:07:33 #
A little further north on Hwy 1 is the Bixby Creek Bridge designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and a little further still is Carmel. There's a lot of beautiful scenery all along the highway.
Oct 8, 2014 07:35:28 #
sueyeisert wrote:
I'm visiting here and have plans for most days,but though I'd ask for your ideas. yesterday we went to Hearst Castle,saw some towns along the coast and the Elephant Seal Rookery.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Go up to Big Sur and try the turnouts on the road. Beautiful place. If you have time go to Gorda by the Sea; it's north of where you are and it's a quaint little place with great views.
Oct 8, 2014 07:42:35 #
sueyeisert wrote:
I'm visiting here and have plans for most days,but though I'd ask for your ideas. yesterday we went to Hearst Castle,saw some towns along the coast and the Elephant Seal Rookery.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Can't miss anywhere along the coast. Mendocino is quite a ways up the coast, but a scenic little town with all the water towers. San Francisco is VERY interesting.
Oct 8, 2014 08:09:25 #
Take Hwy 1 to Hwy 46, head inland from Cambria to Paso Robles. Nice 2 lane roads through the wine producing part of the Central Coast.
How did you like Pedras Blancas and the Elephant Seals?
How did you like Pedras Blancas and the Elephant Seals?
Oct 8, 2014 08:25:01 #
nicksr1125 wrote:
A little further north on Hwy 1 is the Bixby Creek Bridge designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and a little further still is Carmel. There's a lot of beautiful scenery all along the highway.
Stop by the wineries here in Paso Robles.
Oct 8, 2014 08:27:50 #
We just got back from a 2 week vacation in Monterey. My wife grew up there & the church we were members of celebrated its 50th anniversary. Wish we could move back there permanently.
Oct 8, 2014 13:39:40 #
nicksr1125 wrote:
We just got back from a 2 week vacation in Monterey.
Wish we could move back there permanently.
We just got back from a 2 week vacation in Monterey.
Wish we could move back there permanently.
Nick, I say.......
pack up the baby, grab the old lady, and everyone just GO!! :lol: :lol:
SS
Oct 8, 2014 13:44:48 #
sueyeisert wrote:
I'm visiting here and have plans for most days,but though I'd ask for your ideas. yesterday we went to Hearst Castle,saw some towns along the coast and the Elephant Seal Rookery.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Point Lobos - called one of the most beautiful meetings of land and sea in the world, and photographed by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and many other great photographers.
Oct 8, 2014 21:13:01 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Nick, I say.......
pack up the baby, grab the old lady, and everyone just GO!! :lol: :lol:
SS
pack up the baby, grab the old lady, and everyone just GO!! :lol: :lol:
SS
If we weren't playing Grandma & Grandpa to our daughter's 2 kids, we'd be gone in a heartbeat. They're the reason we moved to Ohio from Oklahoma.
Oct 9, 2014 06:45:54 #
Oct 9, 2014 08:09:48 #
TomJ
Loc: Kansas
See Canyon, it has a terrific view of Morro Bay and Morro Rock; Montana de Oro State Park south of Morro Bay; Shell Beach for sunsets; Really Right Stuff office in San Luis Obispo.
Oct 9, 2014 08:14:20 #
rjriggins11
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
I grew up around there and loved it. While your in Avila, stop in at Fat Cats and have a burger for me.
Up around Paso Robles there are several wine vineyards that used to schedule tours and wine tastings if you're into that sort of thing and just down the road from the wineries you can visit the spot where James Dean died. There's always the State hospital in Atascadero where they kept Timothy Leary. San Luis Obispo has a variety of fine restaurants and missions to visit. Morro Bay has the fish market and fleet of trawlers to shoot. You may even see a salty old sea captain or two. There are vantage points everywhere up and down Hwy 1 to get some great shots of the coastline.
Up around Paso Robles there are several wine vineyards that used to schedule tours and wine tastings if you're into that sort of thing and just down the road from the wineries you can visit the spot where James Dean died. There's always the State hospital in Atascadero where they kept Timothy Leary. San Luis Obispo has a variety of fine restaurants and missions to visit. Morro Bay has the fish market and fleet of trawlers to shoot. You may even see a salty old sea captain or two. There are vantage points everywhere up and down Hwy 1 to get some great shots of the coastline.
sueyeisert wrote:
I'm visiting here and have plans for most days,but though I'd ask for your ideas. yesterday we went to Hearst Castle,saw some towns along the coast and the Elephant Seal Rookery.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Oct 9, 2014 09:54:44 #
sueyeisert wrote:
I'm visiting here and have plans for most days,but though I'd ask for your ideas. yesterday we went to Hearst Castle,saw some towns along the coast and the Elephant Seal Rookery.
Thanks.
Thanks.
If you feel like driving a fair distance, take Hiway 1 up to Point Arena; great photo ops on the way and the Point Arena Light House is a must to photograph.
Oct 9, 2014 10:04:46 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
Thank all of you for your responses. We are doing a number of your suggestions.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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