Tag: “Pacific Coast Highway”

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  1. Along the PCH

    A vista along the Pacific Coast Highway just past Big Sur. We found it by chance just as the sun was setting.

  2. Pigeon Point Lighthouse

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the many (and easily accessible) lighthouses scattered along the California coastline. The last time I’ve been there, the federal government was trying to sell the lighthouse to a private party because the $1 million annual maintenance cost was burning a hole in their budget.

  3. Big Creek Bridge

    While Bixby Bridge is one of the most photographed bridges in California, it is likely that neighboring Big Creek Bridge takes top honors. Traveling north five miles beyond Lucia on Route 1, you'll see the bridge in the distance and a paved and often busy parking lot where people are out of their cars looking and taking photos.

  4. Nepenthe

    Nepenthe literally means "the one that chases away sorrow" and it first appears in Homer's Odyssey... more loosely translated, it is the drug of forgetfulness.

    However, the restaurant Nepenthe feels like entering a lair of one of Bond's arch-nemesis villains.

  5. The Other Highway 1

    Everybody who comes to San Francisco and has gone to Carmel has driven Highway 1, and has noted how beautiful the drive is. hogwash, I say!

  6. I could learn a lot from the 19 year old me

    A look back

  7. Flying in seaplanes from downtown Seattle's Lake Union

    On the same lake where the Boeing company was founded a decade after the Wright Brother's first flight, you can still experience the thrill and convenience of taking off and landing on water.

  8. Kurt Cobain Slept Here

    There is a morbid curiosity in seeking out the former Seattle home of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain as it was also the site of his death.

  9. Cape Kiwanda

    Cape Kiwanda is located just outside Pacific City and is the southern most cape in the three capes scenic route. It is a popular location for surfers, wakeboarders, and beachcombers.

  10. Sanibel Island: The sunshine state's southwest coast offers some soothing natural pleasures

    When winter winds howl, the perfect island vacation with blissful days and nights in a pleasant temperature climate can be an invigorating boost for body and soul.