No, I don't have an explanation for this name.
Even after 5 days I still encountered nearly 15 miles of fog enshrouded coastline but it seemed to be a localized phenomena. Everything written about the majesty of Big Sur is justified once you see it. The Los Padres National Forest was burned over last December but the coastline has regreened nicely. New commercial development along Highway 1 has been frozen and nothing obscures the views of endless coastline. This also serves to make the few private properties valuable commodities witness a shoreline property for sale by Sotheby's. An eighteenth century lighthouse located on a hummock of land at the coast stands out as a unique sentinel as does the beautiful Bixby Bridge. No bridge along this highway is younger than fifty years meaning all are past their best before dates.
Camping at Kirk Creek Campground with no facilities beyond the booming surf 100 ft below and stars above obscured by no artificial light is bucolic indeed. A set of park benches serve as a perfect spot to watch the ocean sunset and later Venus shining a path across the water. The only sour note was the experience of meeting someone in a rig too long for this highway driving on my side of the road. Luckily I'd seen him across the canyon and was ready to pull out. Discovering that gasoline in the park was $3.10 a gallon was a sobering thought as well.
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