California has fully reopened,
so we are on the move again.
We are taking a driving trip,
up the west coast.
The is The Central California Coast (click to see the surfers),
in The Big Sur region.
The sun is shining,
some light rain falls,
And the elephant seals are here!
Cheers to you from Big Sur California~
One of my very favorite drives! It looks like all the lane closures (due to slides) have been open. Yay!
The whole stretch is finally open!!! Hooray and it is so unspoiled დ
Such a feast for the eyes. Thank you! ♥.
Thank you more for you kind appreciation დ
Looks like what we saw yesterday on our drive along the California coast on CA 1, from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz. Fantastic!
We’ll be up there is a few days. It is gorgeous country დ
Lovely views! I am glad things are starting to be back to normal over where you are now.
At least for now they are. And that is all we have. Now. Thanks my friend & be well დ
Yes, I must drive there again. I’ve been gone too long.
It is a stretch of the planet that calls you back, again and again დ
Oh, so beautiful! 😍 I miss the West Coast very much. Thank you for taking me there vicariously. I’m glad you can travel again!
Thanks much! And I am very grateful you will be traveling with me Teresa. You make the experience better დ
YEAH❣️ Take it all in with all your senses Cindy! I so look forward to your photographic shares 💛🙏💛
I so look forward to traveling virtually with you Val & thank you დ
Have a great summer and travel safely, please. Take great pictures and make me jealous on a weekly basis, please.
Smiling….. Travel virtually with me my friend and we both will have a better time! Love to you დ
Exquisite scenery Cindy. Isn’t it great to feel freedom after all that lockdown time? And perfect timing since they only recently reopened an important segment that had been damaged. Your photos are a feast for the eyes. Best, Babsje
Thanks much and you’re right. The 1 through Big Sur has been closed so often, the last few years, due to road blow outs. It is incredible to drive the entire stretch again დ
You’re welcome. Loved the vistas in your post. Did you happen to see any of the smoke from the Willow Fire that is going on in Big Sur? The NPR website has a story today about the Zen monks from the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center who are firefighters. All that area – or California – needs is another wildfire!
I have been reading about the fire. It isn’t evident here on the coast. We are now in Pt Reyes. California is facing a truly threatening fire season, north, central and south. We are here with the redwoods, where you see ancient burns on the lower trunks, but I know some of the truly old ones fell recently in Yosemite. If the ancient ones fall, it says everything.
I sure miss California. Your gorgeous photos remind me of that, Cindy. I am excited to see more from you, now that your state has reopened.🌞
Thank you Michele. California has all of it’s many problems, but it is a very hard state to leave. It gets a grip on your heart დ
It is a beautiful state. My daughter and I were just talking about that. 💖
Amazing scenic views Cindy! 📸 Have an unforgettable FANtabulous trip! 🚗🚐🚙
Much appreciated Kym. Cheers to you my friend & thank you! დ
Oh my pleasure Cindy. Here’s to great adventures in the great outdoors girlfriend! 😉🚗😎
Your positivity makes my heart smile Kym. დ
Awww Cindy, you are so sweet. Thank you girlfriend! 🤗💖☺
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Enjoy your journey!! It’s so beautiful there.
Thank you very much and yes it is დ
Congratulations, you came back to your normal life!
Almost. I didn’t fly to Greece….. დ
I believe, this year you’ll have the chance to visit this beautiful country.
I have visited several times, but there is still more I want to see დ
Looking forward to see your pictures from Greece!
These are heavenly shots. Awesome clear transparent water. Giant mountains, these are a pleasing sight, after staying stuck with fear of COVID 19. It’s the look of freedom for us. Thank You Cindy for sharing your hard work.
I know. The lack of freedom just wears you down. I am so sorry you are still experiencing it. I don’t think it is over for any of us though. I hope you stay safe and well and thank you for your kind friendship დ
So beautiful. Love!
Love back to you Dani & thank you! დ
How lovely to see aloes peeping out in your fourth photograph – make me feel a link between us 🙂 The scenery you show is spectacular – how wonderful it must be to be ‘free’ at last. We are facing the ‘third wave’ and further restrictions.
I am so sorry and I hope it ends soom. I expect there will be more closures in the fall over here due to people who will not get vaccines. I grow lots of aloe at The Holler and it has taken off, and is self sowing, so you are right, there is a link between us. დ
Such beauty. Wow. And thank you.
Awww, thank you more for your kind appreciation დ
🙂 You’re welcome.
I am so glad that you are able to travel again, Cindy. The pictures of the California coastline are very alluring for someone like me who has been and still is suffering under the Covid-19 restrictions.
I am so sorry Peter! I hope the restrictions are lifted soon my friend and am happy you are traveling virtually with me
I am so sorry you are still under restrictions Peter & hope they are lifted soon. I am happy you will travel virtually along with me my friend დ
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you very much & cheers to you დ
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Gorgeous photos! Looks so peaceful.
Thank you. It is quiet, unspoiled and full of redwoods. All I need! დ
How great! We will soon be taking a driving trip as well. Such marvellous photos, Cindy. 🙂
Wonderful! I look forward to tagging along virtually დ
I’ve done that drive – wonderful views, and your photos bring back good memories! I’m glad you can be out and about again,
Thank you for sharing your trip, Cindy! What spectacular views on a beautiful day!
Thank you more for joining me on our virtual travels დ
Beautiful… Happy traveling!
Thanks much Bette & cheers to you დ
Happy you are back on the move again. I will live vicariously through your adventures
I love traveling with you Dor დ
Hurrah for freedom after this difficult year! Wishing you all the best in your travels. Can’t wait to more posts as you wander!
-Julie
Awwww….. So happy you are traveling along with me დ
Ooh, I’m so envious! Big Sur has some of the best scenery. Enjoy!
Yes, Big Sur is earth magic დ
Wishing you safe travels, Cindy! It looks beautiful there. I haven’t seen that part of California in a long, long, time.
Even with the drought, it is still breathtaking დ
Gorgeous scenery and the call of the open road!
Amen! If Canada wasn’t closed, I’d drive to Alaska დ
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It’s a rugged and scenic coast, but the coast road can be a bit frightening at times. Beautiful photos, Cindy. Enjoy your trip.
Thanks my friend and you are right! It’s just reopened in entirety after another closure for landslides and road wash outs.
That is a scary place to have landslides and washouts! Stay safe!
Thank you my friend for caring დ
Beautiful! Is there where you head out on route 66? ❦
This is the trip! Cheers to you Resa. I’ll call out to you when we’re there დ
Free as a bird! Gorgeous photos and location!
Thank you Liza. Feels so good to be on the move again! დ
Enjoy Cindy happy summer to you and your loved ones ☺️💫smiles hedy
Smiles and love back to you Hedy! დ
Excellent npictures Cindy. A haiku in response:
majestic coastline
haunt for surfers to hang out
swell on waves with seals
Dr. Lim Keng Huat
http://www.wonkywizard.wordpress.com
Beautiful & perfectly captures the ambience. Thank you! დ
I need your permission to publish my haiku in my blog, incl a picture or two of your pictures, with full acknowledgement. Thank you.
Absolutely gorgeous Cindy! Happy and safe travels!🤗
Thanks so much & very happy to be virtually traveling with you my friend. დ
Beautiful.
I love that area around Big Sur! So much beauty along Highway 1! Glad to see you are traveling again. We will soon, but I hope the Delta variant of the coronavirus will not impede us!
If you are vaccinated, you should be good for Delta. The fall is another story though. Happy to hear you are soon to be on the road again. It feels so good! დ
It looks like heaven. I think we too will be taking a road trip sometime soon.
Alison
Yay!!! They can’t keep us pinned down forever! 🙂
I singing “on the road again.” What a great feeling to know that things are opening up again.
Amen. Rebecca. At first it felt strange and different, but now I am back in the travelin flo!!! დ
I’d crash off the road with all those gorgeous views Cindy, especially if there were elephant seals there 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋 😂 🤣
I find groups of elephant seals off by themselves, with no people around, and make ellie seal noises at them. It wakes them up and gets them to look at me, and then, “click!” I love them დ
Lol, smart lady! 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋 😂 🤣
Smilling….. 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋 😂 🤣
How wonderful to be able to get out and about again. Such fabulous scenery too. Have fun. xo
Thank you Darlene, and yes, simple things are to be celebrated after a year and a half of their absence დ
Ahh…here’s the seal of excellence💌 for these amazing photos. (●මᴗමσ)σணღ*❤️
Laughing……And I haven’t even posted the elephant seals yet!!! 🙂
Hahaha…that shows how good your photos are, my dear friend ❤️
I am just more than blessed with the most wonderful friends, like you 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋 😂 🤣
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Hello Cindy, fantastic photos. Many Thanks
Thank you s much & very pleased you enjoyed დ
How wonderful you can travel again, enjoy, it is even more precious now !
Thank you, and you are right, I savor everything more now. Going out to eat is a celebration! დ
A click was definitely in order to see the surfers. Enjoy yourselves
Smiling. Thanks much Derrick & take good care my friend დ
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Dear Cindy, great to see some new photos of Big Sur again. It reminds me of our own trip from San Francisco down to LA. Thanks for bringing these memories back to me. Cheers, Uwe
You are most welcome and I very happy to triggers wonderful memories of Big Sur for you. Glad you have experienced this დ
How wonderful to be on the road again.
Thank you Mandy. At first it felt strange, now after a few days, It feels wonderfully familiar. დ
So happy you hear you are able to get out and enjoy this beautiful drive!
Thanks my friend. Us wanderers don’t like having our wings clipped! დ
The real Big Sur.
Yep. Unchanging and perfect დ
I love California … and enjoyed visiting the Big Sur region a couple of years ago. Enjoy 🙂
I am so glad you have experienced Big Sur. It is a place that is not to be missed დ
Love that area.
Smiling. I know why you do დ
Lucky you, being out and about for another adventure! Illinois has mostly reopened, too, and I can hardly wait to do a bit of traveling!
I know the feeling, well! It feels weird for the first few days or so, but then, the travel routine sets in and it feels so familiar and wonderful დ
Yay Cindy! I’m sure it feels wonderful to get out and about again. I remember that stretch of California as one of the most captivating areas that I’ve driven. Happy travels! 🙂
Thank you Brad. It is one of the world’s most spectacular drives. I am happy you have driven it დ
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That has to be a wonderful area to see Cindy. Just love those coastal drives.
Leslie xoxo
So peaceful, quiet and laid back. You would love it დ
I know I would…. 🙂
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That’s very good news, Cindy. I’m ready for the rest of the world to reopen. Beautiful shots of Big Sur. Not sure if I’ve been there or not. Love Calif. coast line though.
I am ready for the rest of the world to reopen too, and for the variants to be history. Stay safe & well დ
I was fortunate enough to see the elephant seals when I was doing a trip to Hearst’s place. Fantastic.
Oh, I am so glad you had this opportunity. They are incredible creatures დ
Ah, wonderful 1 and the Big Sur. Is Nepenthe still there and open? I love seeing the photos – brings back some great memories!
Yes, Nepenthe is fully open and thriving დ
gorgeous… have the best time💖💖💖 love big sur and the elepahant seals💖
Thanks Cindy, it is a very special place დ
you’re welcome…. yes so magical💖❣️
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I loved this area and hoped to travel to Big Sur. Gene found a beautiful condo on the ocean with a wrap around deck “Tickle Me Pink” in Carmel. On our driving trip I could see the bridge over Bixby Creek and told him I couldn’t do it. Fear of heights you know… – if you’ve been over it you know what I mean! Great memories and my future husband learned a thing or two about me 🙂
Sounds like wonderful memories of an amazing time & place, and yes, the heights here are dizzying to say the least! დ
Thank you for following my blog, Cindy!
I love your blog and photos დ
Great that you are traveling again. The coastal scenery is spectacular! I hope there are no setbacks with the virus that require new closures.
I hope not either! დ
Is it the 101?
Yes, it is.
Thank you 🙂
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Thanks for sharing your beautiful drive with us, Cindy.
I am so happy you are traveling along with me Jennie. You make the trip better დ
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So beautiful!
Stay safe, dear Cindy!
You to my friend and thank you დ
Oh happy for you. We did get to drive down the coast from San Francisco to San Diego once. That is awesome.
I am so glad you did this! It is special. We are now north of San Fran, in Pt Reyes for a few days, before we head further north……. I have actually never driven the entire coastal route of Cali to the northern terminus, so no time, like the present. Hope all is well with you Eileen & so glad you stopped by დ
The water looks gorgeous. Happy traveling!
Thank you so much Rebecca & cheers to you დ
Wishing you safe travels. And if you are driving or the passenger – stop every two hours to stretch! That’s one of the things the doc recommended if we go on an extended road trip again. 😀
Helpful Jules, thank you & stay well დ
Travel by car may be the way to go for the foreseeable future.
True.
I sometimes forget how beautiful California is, and I live there. 😀
Smiling. It happens when you see the same things often დდ
Picturesque scenes Cindy. I’m sure you had a lovely drive.🙂
Thanks my friend and hope you stay safe & well დდ
Enjoy but stay cool, Cindy! Glad to see you back on the road!
So far we are dodging the heat, the coast is staying cool and foggy. I know inland Central Cali through Wash is experiencing unprecedented heat. Truly scary heat.
Wow! Beautiful pics, Cindy! Yes, i do remember Highway 1. Breathtaking.,
So happy you have been here & thank you my friend დდ
All that beauty with guaranteed sunshine as well!! Lovely photos Cindy.
Thank you Helene. There is notorious fog that rolls in and blankets everything, but I am not complaining. It keep the flowers blooming and trees healthy დდ
I can certainly relate to that – we have plenty of fog here too! Take care!
I know you do! You can take good photos, but it is harder დ
Stunning photos! We’ve made this drive twice, and it never ceases to amaze and awe me with its beauty! So glad you’re on the move again! Enjoy!
So happy you have experienced the drive Kathy & cheers to you my friend დდ
Yes we are getting busy again. Enjoy the road trip. – Oscar
God, it is so good to be able to move freely again and see new places and meet new creatures and people. I have no idea how long it will last, but I am on the move. Take good care Oscar დ
The coastline is so beautiful! Happy travels! <3
Thank you Cherie. The western coast of America is stunning დ
My pleasure, Cindy.
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I drove there once. I also remember great hot spring spas one could visit. Ahhhh… Don’t know if I will ever travel to CA again; so thank you for your recent vistas.
I am so happy to be traveling virtually with you Will! You make the experience better. Stay safe & well დ
Beautiful blue and green colours of the sea!! Wonderful pictures Cindy! Great travel!!
Much appreciated! Thank you & cheers დ
On the road again, wonderful! Great photos, Cindy!
It’s good to be gone!!! Thanks much & take good care Amy დ
Lucky you, stay safe and a little bit cautious. In the UK we’re hoping to fully re-open Mid July.
Thank you Charlotte. Caution is the watchword. I do hope you reopen in July. დ
Beautiful! Finally some fun! That’s the last place we went on March 1, 2020 before all this mess started! Enjoy! We’re looking forward to travel in 3 weeks. Whew.
Congratulations! It feels SO good to be on the move again. Our last trip before this was in March too, to Oz before The Sword Damocles descended დ
Awww – don’t know when I’ll ever get that trip in again! Fantastic to see beautiful scenery. What a relief!
Enjoy!!! დ
It looks so vast, as far as the eye can see. Amazing how we’ve managed to pollute it so badly. I will never tire of seeing the ocean. It seems magical, like a mirage. Like how could there be this much water? Is that silly or do you ever wonder that too? 💛xK
Are you in my SoCal area or up near Suisun?
I live in SoCal.
Someone was on my blog in Suisun, according to analytics, trying to figure out who it is! I’m in north county san diego.
We are neighbors! დ
Beautiful California 🙂
Greetings
I am so glad you like her & cheers flying to you დ
What blue and what a coastline. So glad you can travel about more now. In 1999 we did a coast coach trip from San Francisco to Monterey Bay. We saw sea otters which was amazing. Long time ago and haven’t been back….
Travel these days is greatly curtailed. I miss Europe!