Pismo beach was not for a long on my bucket list. But the beauty of the place and the fact that it’s easier to access from Bay Area than the majority of sites in the list pushed it to the top. It was beginning of November, and forecast told showers are possible. But this fact…
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Pigeon Point Light and Pigeon Point Bluff
Even if you never researched coastline around San Francisco Bay Area, you probably saw the photos of the tall and beautiful lighthouse surrounded by dense fog or spring wildflowers, or during the night sending its light somewhere into the ocean. If you are driving Highway 1 from San Francisco to Santa Cruz Pigeon Point is…
Martin’s Beach
Some beaches are real jewels of the coast. They are easy to recognize. They have unique rock structures: sea stacks, caves, or arches. All seasons and time of days different and stunning, they become favorite places for photographers and nature-lovers. Martin’s beach is one of them. The high triangulare rock is a home for hundreds…
Garrapata State Park
So the Big Sur is technically closed. There are tricks how to get to one or another place. But you will not be able just to drive on Highway 1 from Carmel to San Simeon. And even if it’s sad it is still an excellent opportunity to explore some places alongside the coast with the…
Pescadero State Beach: three views
There are the beaches that have an iconic Californian view: long and sandy with blue life-saving posts where you could sun bath almost all year round (oh, common, there are no such beaches! There are a winter and rains even in Orange County!). There are rocky and scenic beaches where you will go for a…
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
Some places live on your bucket list for a very long time. And not because they are expensive or hardly accessible. The only reason you skip visit of them is that of their popularity or your struggle to find the best time for their visit. It’s my story of relations with Point Lobos. How many…
Coastal walk from Panther Beach to Davenport
How possible two miles could be the so scenic that on every step you will want to take a photo? Oh yes, it’s not just possible, let me show you this two miles. For two years (or more) we return here again and again. And this stretch of the coast never disappointed. Some of the…
Cape Disappointment
There is no disappointment in the Cape Disappointment. It was last active day of our vacation in Washington state. The next day the long drive awaited on us. So the warm sun of the cape felt especially good. There were two reasons why it was on our route: 1 – amazingly beautiful Dead Man’s Cove,…
Olympic Coast
The whole trip was meant to visit Olympic beaches. These incredible and wildly beautiful places should be visited at least once in the life. And even better, to be camped!