The final road
trip on the main land! Route 1 south to LAX
We were told
last night by the guys in the bar that this trip will change us and many people
had decided to move to California as a result. Wow it was stunning.
The weather
started off quite foggy but when we got out of Monterey/Camel it quickly
improved and soon we were hugging the coast and climbing.
About an hour
south of Montery and just in the beginning of Big Sur park we stopped in the,
apparently world famous, Big Sur Bakery. On the outside and inside it reminded
us of the mountain café in Avie More and the food was just as delicious.
I had a candied bacon pastry which I thought was the best pastry I had ever had. Fiona had a raspberry strudel which she also said was the best pastry she had ever had. We could both agree they put Paris to shame.
I had a candied bacon pastry which I thought was the best pastry I had ever had. Fiona had a raspberry strudel which she also said was the best pastry she had ever had. We could both agree they put Paris to shame.
Regretting that
we would not be likely to return again (at least not for a long time) we also
bought two chocolate macadamia nut cookies to enjoy on the drive later on.
After breakfast
we resumed the drive but this time with the roof down and the road just got
better and better. Every time we thought the view could not get better yet when
we navigated round one peninsula an even more dramatic one appeared. Towards the end
of Big Sur we stopped at McWay waterfall which is where the river meets the sea.
Simply beautiful.
After the big
sur we had about 150 miles of uneventful highway left to LAX. The traffic got
quite bad in LA again but we made it in plenty of time for our flight to LA.
Big Sur was the perfect send-off to a quite extraordinary and beautiful part of
the world.
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