382_8262.JPG:Typical autumn weather heading south on Hwy 17 382_8263.JPG:Enjoying the scenery on southbound Hwy 17 382_8264.JPG:Pumpkins at the Thistle Hut (Hwy 1, Castroville) 382_8265.JPG:Pumpkins at the Thistle Hut (Hwy 1, Castroville) 382_8266.JPG:Pumpkins and artichoke fields at the Thistle Hut (Hwy 1, Castroville) 382_8267.JPG:Peter riding south on Hwy 1, just north of Monterey 382_8268.JPG:Slumming in Carmel-by-the-Sea 382_8269.JPG:Vista point off Hwy 1, south of Carmel 382_8270.JPG:Vista point off Hwy 1, south of Carmel 382_8271.JPG:Vista point off Hwy 1, south of Carmel 382_8272.JPG:Vista point off Hwy 1, south of Carmel 382_8273.JPG:Vista point off Hwy 1, south of Carmel 382_8274.JPG:Peter with Bixby Bridge in the background 382_8275.JPG:Storm clouds roll in over the coast (Hwy 1) 382_8276.JPG:Storm clouds roll in over the coast (Hwy 1) 382_8277.JPG:Storm clouds roll in over the coast (Hwy 1) 382_8278.JPG:Peter at Hearst Castle 382_8279.JPG:A guest sitting room at Hearst Castle 382_8280.JPG:Bree, our tour guide 382_8281.JPG:The guest library at Hearst Castle 382_8282.JPG:Peter at Hearst Castle 382_8283.JPG:William Hearst's bedroom 382_8284.JPG:Lampshade made from Gregorian Chant scores 382_8285.JPG:William Hearst's office (that's a portrait of him on the far wall) 382_8286.JPG:Clark Gable honeymooned in this tower bedroom 382_8287.JPG:Fireplace 382_8288.JPG:Blurry no-flash-allowed artwork at Hearst Castle 382_8289.JPG:Indoor (and gold-plated) swimming pool at Hearst Castle 382_8290.JPG:Indoor (and gold-plated) swimming pool at Hearst Castle 382_8291.JPG:Indoor (and gold-plated) swimming pool at Hearst Castle 382_8292.JPG:The bikes at Morro Rock (Hwy 1, Morro Bay) 382_8293.JPG:Me and the bikes at Morro Rock 382_8294.JPG:Me and the bikes at Morro Rock 382_8295.JPG:Me and the bikes at Morro Rock 382_8296.JPG:Me and the bikes at Morro Rock 382_8297.JPG:Beach at Morro Rock 382_8298.JPG:Peter at the beach at Morro Rock 382_8299.JPG:Peter at the beach at Morro Rock 382_8300.JPG:Peter and I at the beach at Morro Rock 383_8301.JPG:Peter and I at the beach at Morro Rock 383_8302.JPG:Birdie at the beach at Morro Rock 383_8303.JPG:Morro Rock 383_8304.JPG:Morro Rock 383_8305.JPG:Morro Rock 383_8306.JPG:Peter at Morro Rock 383_8307.JPG:Peter at Morro Rock 383_8308.JPG:Theories as to how Morro Rock formed 383_8309.JPG:Rocky says, "don't be an idiot" 383_8310.JPG:The bikes at Morro Rock 383_8311.JPG:Peter scopes out the Morro Rock historical marker 383_8312.JPG:Morro Rock historical marker 383_8313.JPG:Peter at the base of Morro Rock 383_8314.JPG:Peter at the base of Morro Rock 383_8315.JPG:Peter at the base of Morro Rock 383_8316.JPG:Peter at the base of Morro Rock 383_8317.JPG:Peter at the base of Morro Rock 383_8318.JPG:Peter at the base of Morro Rock 383_8319.JPG:Morro Rock 383_8320.JPG:Morro Rock 383_8321.JPG:Me riding around Morro Rock 383_8322.JPG:Me riding around Morro Rock 383_8323.JPG:Me riding around Morro Rock 383_8324.JPG:Me riding around Morro Rock 383_8325.JPG:Me riding around Morro Rock 383_8326.JPG:Me riding around Morro Rock 383_8327.JPG:The Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8328.JPG:The Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8329.JPG:The Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8330.JPG:Sign on the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8333.JPG:Marker for the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8334.JPG:Marker for the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8335.JPG:Peter at the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8336.JPG:The Piedras Blancas Lighthouse lens (West Cambria) 383_8337.JPG:Along Main Street in West Cambria 383_8339.JPG:Our decadent chocolate cake at Old Stone Station restaurant 383_8340.JPG:Northbound Highway 1, riding through San Simeon 383_8341.JPG:Northbound Highway 1, north of San Simeon 383_8342.JPG:Elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8343.JPG:Elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8344.JPG:Sleeping elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8345.JPG:Sleeping elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas (the one in the middle is scratching his nose) 383_8346.JPG:Elephant seals flapping sand onto themselves at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8347.JPG:Peter and I with elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8348.JPG:Peter and I at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8349.JPG:Elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8350.JPG:Elephant seals at Point Piedras Blancas 383_8351.JPG:Point Piedras Blancas (the lighthouse in the middle is where the lens in West Cambria came from) 383_8352.JPG:Point Piedras Blancas (the lighthouse in the middle is where the lens in West Cambria came from) 383_8353.JPG:Info on the elephant seals 383_8354.JPG:Northbound Highway 1 (stoopid dusty lens) 383_8355.JPG:Northbound Highway 1 (stoopid dusty lens) 383_8356.JPG:The driver of that white car really needed to learn to love the turnout. 383_8357.JPG:Turnout! Use! the! turnout! 383_8358.JPG:Beach along Highway 1 383_8359.JPG:Peter along Highway 1 383_8360.JPG:The SVS posing along Highway 1 383_8361.JPG:The SVS posing along Highway 1 383_8362.JPG:The Superhawk posing along Highway 1 383_8363.JPG:A pilot car and an RV. Such happy memories. 383_8364.JPG:Northbound Hwy 1 383_8365.JPG:Northbound Hwy 1 383_8366.JPG:Northbound Hwy 1 383_8367.JPG:There'd been a landslide here recently -- notice all the crap piled up alongside the road 383_8368.JPG:Northbound Hwy 1 383_8370.JPG:Posing along northbound Hwy 1 383_8371.JPG:Posing along northbound Hwy 1 383_8372.JPG:Posing along northbound Hwy 1 383_8373.JPG:Posing along northbound Hwy 1 383_8374.JPG:The Superhawk posing along northbound Hwy 1 383_8375.JPG:The SVS posing along northbound Hwy 1 383_8376.JPG:Northbound Hwy 1 383_8377.JPG:More annoying traffic on northbound Hwy 1 383_8378.JPG:Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8379.JPG:Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8380.JPG:View from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8381.JPG:View from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8382.JPG:Peter at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8383.JPG:Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8384.JPG:Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 383_8385.JPG:Peter at the Big Sur River Inn restaurant 383_8386.JPG:Pretty birdie at the Big Sur River Inn restaurant 383_8387.JPG:Deck chairs in the river at the Big Sur River Inn 383_8388.JPG:Big Sur River Inn restaurant 383_8389.JPG:Big Sur River Inn restaurant 383_8390.JPG:We saw them towing this car up a cliff on Hwy 1, just south of Big Sur. We're guessing "failure to navigate a turn". 383_8391.JPG:A must-stop along Hwy 1 in Castroville california.JPG:Our route along the California coast california2.JPG:Zoomed-in map of our route california3.JPG:A more zoomed-in map of our route