California trip
Mar 8, 2015 09:48:04 #
Mar 8, 2015 09:58:19 #
mjmoore17 wrote:
Try to stop at Zion. One of the best.
Michael
Michael
Definitely a must . :thumbup: :thumbup: stay in Springdale and eat at Oscar's. -- Rich
Mar 8, 2015 10:21:09 #
ras422 wrote:
I agree with SS -Pfeiffer beach at sunset and will also post a shot. If possible get to Yosemite only 3.5hrs from oakland. The upper altitude areas glacier point etc will not open til early to mid June but still worth seeing without a doubt. Talk your wife into more time!! Rich
And if you go to Pfeiffer Beach, you have to have lunch/dinner just a mile away at the Nepenthe; cliff side restaurant with terrace overlooking the pacific. It's our go to place at sunset when visiting the area.
Mar 8, 2015 10:26:18 #
pismojimbo wrote:
Can we please keep this to Photography?
Agreed. Childish behavior at it's worst.
Mar 8, 2015 10:35:42 #
mrbill6771 wrote:
Hi fellow Hogs,
My wife and I are going on a trip in April, that is going to take us up the coast highway. Years ago I lived in Santa Barbara but never took Hwy 1 . I am up for suggestions for places to visit and photograph between Solvang and Santa Cruz. Also any suggestions between San Francisco and Salt Lake. We will have around a week to make the trip, unless I can talk the misses into an extra day or ten (haha). Thanks ahead of time for your help!
My wife and I are going on a trip in April, that is going to take us up the coast highway. Years ago I lived in Santa Barbara but never took Hwy 1 . I am up for suggestions for places to visit and photograph between Solvang and Santa Cruz. Also any suggestions between San Francisco and Salt Lake. We will have around a week to make the trip, unless I can talk the misses into an extra day or ten (haha). Thanks ahead of time for your help!
You have to see Morro Rock in Morro Bay. And if you are there at sunset, the scene can be outstanding. And don't miss the elephant seals near San Simeon. April is a lean month of elephant seals. They have mostly gone back to sea, but many of the youth still hang around.
Highway 1 is a beautiful drive. It twists and winds and hugs the coast. Always beautiful.
Mar 8, 2015 11:08:25 #
Pigeon Point Lighthouse and Point Lobos State Park . Bryce Canyon is spectacular and most photo ops are easily accessible by car.
Mar 8, 2015 11:16:11 #
mrbill6771 wrote:
Hi fellow Hogs,
My wife and I are going on a trip in April, that is going to take us up the coast highway. Years ago I lived in Santa Barbara but never took Hwy 1 . I am up for suggestions for places to visit and photograph between Solvang and Santa Cruz. Also any suggestions between San Francisco and Salt Lake. We will have around a week to make the trip, unless I can talk the misses into an extra day or ten (haha). Thanks ahead of time for your help!
My wife and I are going on a trip in April, that is going to take us up the coast highway. Years ago I lived in Santa Barbara but never took Hwy 1 . I am up for suggestions for places to visit and photograph between Solvang and Santa Cruz. Also any suggestions between San Francisco and Salt Lake. We will have around a week to make the trip, unless I can talk the misses into an extra day or ten (haha). Thanks ahead of time for your help!
I like a lot of the suggestions by others as well (living in CA my entire 60 yr life so far).
Solvang Hwy 246 off US 101. (you might check out the mountains between Solvang and Santa Barbara along Hwy 154 bypassing part of Hwys US 101 / CA 1 and going through Los Olivios and Santa Inez, and then to Hwy 246 for Solvang). For wineries and horse ranches.
Santa Ines Mission (Solvang) E. Hwy 246 (in Solvang)
Mission La Purisima Concepción (Lompoc) W. Hwy 246 near Hwy 1. This mission is a bit hard to find info about. It is no longer an active Catholic Church (there is a parish in Lompoc). It is more a ranch with cattle and horses. The building are more rustic and in my opinion more photographic than most of the parish missions today.
Guadalupe Lake Off Betteravia Road (@ Santa Maria & Hwy 101). Water birds, dunes near by.
Laetitia Vineyard & Winery Have a picnic lunch on the hill top grounds and drink wine, and photograph the view. I took IR photos there once.
Oso Flaco Lake off CA 1 & US 101 via Division Street and Oso Flaco Lake Road. Sea birds, water plants, boardwalk.
Grover Beach / Pismo Beach / Oceano just off US 101 at Arroyo Grande. Take sunset pictures of the Pacific Ocean. Many chain and nicer restaurants along Grand Ave. I especially like the Thai Restaurant just East of the 101 and the Mexican one in Grover Beach also on Grand Ave. Sand Dunes along beach (part of the Guadalupe Dunes Complex). Long boardwalk. Just North-West of the area are Shell Beach and Avila Beach. I own a second home in Grover Beach so I am learning the area.
San Luis Obispo the pink Madonna Inn, the San Luis Obispo Mission. Junction of Hwys US 101 and CA 1. Restaurants and stores, especially book and record shops. Confusing parking though.
Continuing North on CA Hwy 1 (leaving US 101) along coast. Note, Ca Hwy 1 is also known as the Cabrillo Highway.
Montana De Oro State Park on a side road from CA 1. high Sea Cliffs, Hills, Tide Pools, Hiking Trails, Horse Trails, Pacific Ocean, Coastal Sage Scrub. Sea life viewing. Possibly including Seals, Sea Lions, Sea Otters, Whales, Fish, etc
Morro Bay / Morro Rock. Off CA 1 on Pacific Ocean. The Rock I understand is a Pluton (a failed Volcano). This one happens to be in the ocean. You passed several others as some of the hills in the area.
Heading N-W on Hwy 1 you will pass some small cute towns Cayucos, Harmony, Cambria.
As noted by others San Simeon & Hurst Castle Not sure if you still need reservations ahead to tour the castle. Like the Getty Museum the parking lot is a long way from the buildings. I believe there is a Seal & Sea Otter, etc. viewing point at the State Beach. Though I've never stopped at the Ocean side of the Hwy.
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
Piedras Blancas Light Station and Point
More tiny towns along Hwy. But I am not really familiar with them other than signs on the road.
As noted by others
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Definite photo op! This will blow your mind, a waterfall that empties directly in to the Pacific Ocean! Looks like something from Hawaii. This is McWay Falls on the McWay Trail that crosses Hwy 1 here. Hiking and camping as well.
More small towns that I barely know of. As you head more North from a N-W direction on CA 1,
Big Sur Huge Pacific Coast Red Wood Trees. Camping, Hiking, Big Trees, Food, Shade, Did I Mention the trees? On my only visit there so far it rained! Damn.
Point Sur Lightstation and Sea Otter Refuge
More locations and tiny towns that I don't really know.
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve I have not been here yet, but I want to. A place Weston and Adams frequented for images!
Carmel / Carmel By-The-Sea the Pebble Beach Golf Course of course, Carmel Mission, (Edward) Weston Gallery, the Ocean, etc.
Monterey Monterey Bay Aquarium. I have not seen the latest remodeling yet. But the original version was great. Monterey it self is a pretty good sized city.
Marina State Beach Camping on the beach. We did that once many years ago. Other than Ocean not much there.
Salinas City supporting agriculture of the Central Valley of California. Not really a great vacation place or cultural, i.e. Fresno or Oakland, CA. Sorry food industry.
This is the furthest North I've been on Hwys CA 1 & US 101. I have gone to San Francisco and San Jose via Hwy I 5.
South on CA 1 & US 101 break up and merge also again and again on Hwy 1 to San Diego.
Personally as much as I love the Pacific Coast and Beaches, I have spent more time photographically in the California Deserts. Photographically Hwys 5, 14, 395, 18, 66, and 40 come to mind.
Mar 8, 2015 11:36:32 #
jfn007 wrote:
Typical leftist answer. The illegals in California... (show quote)
I'm not answering, I'm saying shut up or move. Guess who picks your food at a price that you can afford? Why would Hispanics vote for Obama? Browns and Blacks are not exactly friendly with one another in the slummy cities. I have a few Native American friends who might have something to say about who is illegal. This is a photo site anyway.
Mar 8, 2015 11:37:32 #
pismojimbo wrote:
Can we please keep this to Photography?
Yes, really! :thumbup:
Mar 8, 2015 11:39:25 #
Ralloh wrote:
The destruction of our nation is never childish. I'll say no more.
Save it for the FB Blogs. This is a Photo site, please!
Mar 8, 2015 11:44:14 #
Agree! A Photo site. And the question was about traveling up the California coast. The National parks in Utah are spectacular, but they are not close to the trip in question.
Mar 8, 2015 11:47:33 #
Mar 8, 2015 12:41:49 #
You are so right!
Ralloh wrote:
The destruction of our nation is never childish. I'll say no more.
Mar 8, 2015 12:43:52 #
Typical liberal. Facts to a liberal are like Kryptonite to Superman.
lamiaceae wrote:
I'm not answering, I'm saying shut up or move. Guess who picks your food at a price that you can afford? Why would Hispanics vote for Obama? Browns and Blacks are not exactly friendly with one another in the slummy cities. I have a few Native American friends who might have something to say about who is illegal. This is a photo site anyway.
Mar 8, 2015 12:49:23 #
oldgeezer3
Loc: SoCal
Tangoking wrote:
Hi br We have family in Ca. We visit almost every... (show quote)
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