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pacific coast highway | carmel | napa 1 | napa 2 | san francisco

This summer, I visited California. I used to live on the West Coast, so going back there to see the
beautiful natural scenery again was a lot of fun for me. The photos cover about 500 miles of territory.

 

Montecito - Santa Barbara

A gallery in Montecito; right, a wildfire burning on other side of Santa Ynez mountains coming from Montecito
on the way up to Santa Barbara. The wildfire was a controlled burn.

 

Santa Barbara beach

An Iraq war memorial set up on the beach, identifying each battle location
and a cross for every soldier that has died.

 

 

 

Santa Barbara Mission

Inside of the Mission, and street artwork in front of mission steps.

The Botanical Gardens

 

leaving Santa Barbara heading north on 101 with the Santa Ynez mountain range in view ahead,
in route to San Luis Obispo, to pick up Route 1 again at Morro Bay).

 

Along the Big Sur portion of the Pacific Coastal Highway,
also commonly known as Route 1 on the West Coast.

Hang gliders dropping into the ocean. Elephant Seals at Seal Point:
A lazy day at the beach.
To learn more about the 72-mile Big Sur portion of the Pacific Coastal Highway, you can visit The Big Sur Land Trust website, which has some beautiful photographs of the highway, and also details facts and photos on each of the six ocean ranch properties that make much of the 30,000 acres of land that the Big Sur Land Trust protects along the coast of California. The Big Sur Land Trust also publishes a book, "Big Sur and Beyond" in connection with photographer Douglas Steakley, which can be ordered from the photographer's own website: www.douglassteakley.com, under the "books" link.
Zebras on the San Simeon ranch:

© 2007, all photos by j.apel

 

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