Big Sur!

What can I say..I love this place. I did not make the effort to go last year. The quandary...a tent and the ground.
Yes, I have pads, inflatable, chair, umbrella, lantern stove ...and it's car camping with water and a bathroom but...the ground! I've become old. fat and such a wuz.
Where is that intrepid backpacker?

Once upon a time I headed to the Sierra to Secret Lake in the fall and since it was snowing turned around changed directions, came home repacked my backpack and headed south to Andrew Morera state park.
There you park and it was free and you hike your stuff in about 1/2 mi. Now it's $10.00. I thought I was a Sr. there and at the movies but I see it's 62. There necer used to be a manned station now there is.

It was xlosedand next ti the fire camp. That was before I knew of the best place, Kirk Creek, that Kim told me about.

I'll be perched an a cliff over looking the Pacific. See Big sur images free...

My time is limited, it's now or August.

It took me awhile to find everything. Since I had help cleaning the garage, my tent was in one bog and the sleeping bag in another.
I finally got packed, bought 7 lbs of ice for 2 for the cooler. I couldn't find my stove, which didn't work well last time or my lantern. I think Gloria may have tossed my backpacking stove out like she did to my kite and skateboard when she helped to clean the garage.

Woke up thought it was 7 put on my swim suit then looked again oops 6. I was off to the pool. I liked the aqua fitness class and swam a bit after the 7:3- class.

I walked last night. It was wonderfully cool again, back to normal...60's. I read on the deck too.

I filled up 4 gal which cost almost 30 dollars and that got me to big Sur and back. It is simply the most spectacular place. When I live 2 hrs away I wonder why I don't go more.
I stopped in Castroville for fried artichokes and the weather dropped to the 50's.
The sea air and fog at 12. By 2 I was in Big Sur but was in for a disappointment for there was a fire and the road was closed about 30 miles from my site, the other campground Andrew Morea was closed and though there were people rafting on the Big Sur River you could see the smoke and smell it too where they turned cars around.

I stopped at the outlets on my way home. On that road too there was a fire at the pass.

Next time I'll check road conditions first although it was a lovely road trip. I'd rather be sleeping in my bed and there were no camp fires.

I could go backpacking in Yosemite....hum, I'll ponder that.

I stopped at a wonderful bakery in sand city outside of Monterey that was written up in AAA magazine, Sweet Elena's and got some mango chutney and a nectarine tart. Yum

Geo. Carlin died today...I saw him on a date at the Cellar Door in Georgetown at 18.