Big Sur and Elephant Seals

Quite a long day making our way down route one through Big Sur.  The scenery couldn't be better and the pictures we took did not capture the enormity of Big Sur.  The highway was very high up and quite narrow in a lot of spots.   A lot of it was 20 - 30 mph which was fine with me.  The exhaust brake really was sweet and kept the rig at a nice steady speed going down steep grades.

At one point we pulled off and had lunch with our window overlooking the Pacific ocean from very high up.  Nice place to take it easy before navigating those tight turns with the 5'er.  Only problem was all the people on bicycles on these tight winding roads.  You start going around a curve and there's a bike in your lane and zero room because another car or truck is coming at you.  Or if you decide to get over and pass the bicyclist on a curve, the chances of another car being there is quite high.  No easy choices sometimes.  Especially pulling a trailer that takes almost the entire lane.

Later in the day we pulled off at a spot that was full with hundreds of elephant seals.  They were quite entertaining.  Also saw quite a few Redwood trees along parts of our route today.

Now we're camped in North Monterey just off the beach.  Tomorrow we'll head around San Francisco and head into northern California.  We were going to spend the day there but decided against it.