Big Sur Travel Blogs

Friends and I went camping at Big Sur. The camp ground we chose was Fernwood Resort…an excellent (and I am highly recommending this) camp ground! You camp amidst Redwood trees and creeks. Despite the recent fires at Big Sur, there's still a wealth of area untouched by the disaster. …

Sykes was my last hike in California before moving to New York, where there is no backcountry and no mountains and no car named Mr. Put Put to get out of this really expensive island that I live on. But one day, when I am fat and old and my shins don't work, I will look back on this travel blo…

When I got up in the morning me and my father took a walk around the campground and ate some trail mix. Driving back to California Route 1 we saw some more of the dead Oaks that had been everywhere on our hike the previous day. We returned to the twisting curves of Route 1 and by the time it was lu…

Just travelled up the PCH from Morro Bay to San Francisco. Had the best time ever. Also did a 'little' detour to do a spot of Surfing at Pacific Beach San Diego.. just as a treat!

Here, the sky is filled with so many stars that I feel small. It smells like pine trees and woodburning fires. The air is crisp and cold, a coyote is howling. The first time I come here, I go to the Henry Miller Library and buy a copy of Jack Kerouac's Big Sur and read it cover to cover in a day…

LA - San Francisco - Sacramento - Lake Tahoe - Bodie - Yosemite NP - Death Valley - Las Vegas - Grand Canyon

I went to Big Sur, which is also pretty close to where I live, about an hour and thirty minute drive, but whatever. I figure that since I am kind of young and can't travel to anywhere really exciting yet, I might as well start with enjoying what is already around me....or something to that degree. …

In December 2006, needing a short getaway from island life, I took a three day weekend trip to San Francisco. I enjoyed the Big Sur, the big city, and big smiles.

Thanksgiving Day, my friend Carlos and I have been preparing for this trip.   Neither one of us has family in the US, so we decided to pack up things and head down to Big Sur!  Besides the beach closure in San Francisco and its surroundings, and even though they have clear the be…

photos and a few recommendations of a four day trip up highway one. (more to come later...) Huntington Beach, CA to Lake Tahoe, CA

What was supposed to be a 2-day drive back home from Arcata, CA turned into a hunt for good beer and beautiful scenery over 7 days. Lesson learned: Always take the long way home!

Few years ago I did a 4 weeks trip t the American west coast following an invitation from a good friend in San Francisco. We rent a car and explored some of California's beatifull spots. Later on I did a trip by myself as well taking a Greyhound bus to Seattle. It was a time full of impressions and experiences, a time I wouldn't like to miss.

Northern California vacation "AMAZING"...

3500+ miles driving. 80+ miles hiking. Mucho mucho AT&T airtime...LOL So many places, that looking back I can't even believe they were all on just the one trip! This year the trip started in Mammoth, then off to Yosemite NP, SF, Lassen NP, Roseburg OR, Crater Lake NP, Columbia Gorge, Portland, Rainier NP, Olympic NP, Seattle, down the coast of Oregon, thru Redwood NP, down the coast of California, Point Reyes, Santa Cruz, Big Sur, Morro, Pismo, Santa Barbara...& probably some other places!

Our drive up Hwy 1 was spectacular!! It was an amazingly beautiful day with the weather being in the 80's which is crazy for November! It was clear and peaceful. It was the perfect day for showing my in-laws California's beautiful coastline, unlike any other!!Normally that drive would take about 3…