Route 1 - Big Sur Coast Highway

A brightly-colored tent near the ocean in the Kirk Creek Campground provides a base from which to enjoy the view.

Yellow flowers grace your way as you walk downstairs to Sand Dollar Beach.

A small waterfall falls from a rocky cleft to a sandy beach at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.

An intriguing arch striped by white lines has been carved out by the Pacific's constant activity.

Turquoise water, sandy beach and rocky outcroppings give just a glimpse of Big Sur's appeal.

A coastal tree shades sandy terrain along the Big Sur Coast Highway.

Hurricane Point on the Big Sur Highway offers a splendid view of the deep azure waters and grand mountainsides of the Pacific coastline in spring.

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park is a great spot for a relaxing afternoon picnic.

At the base of 100-foot tall Limekiln Falls, water sprays out over greenery-covered rocks. In the spring there are running streams and ferns everywhere.

This 100-foot split-stream fall is one of the many beautiful sights in Limekiln State Park

Surf splashes both rocks and people near Pebble Beach.

A lone cypress stands on 17 Mile Drive near the Pacific Coast Highway.

The sun shines and the fog is just beginning to rise as walkers stroll along the Big Sur Coast Highway.

Children and adults dangle fingers to touch marine wildlife at the Touch Pool Exhibit at Monterey Aquarium.

Fog begins to engulf the highway.

Route 1 meets Route 116 on a foggy afternoon.

Visitors are silhouetted against fluorescent jellyfish in the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Birds make interesting neighbors at this marina.

Turquoise waters wash ashore at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park along the Pacific Coast in California.

Sunlight streams through a canopy of trees in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.

Customers browse the books and other materials offered for sale and browsing at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur.

A bronze bust and memorial plaque to John Steinbeck, author of Cannery Row and other novels set in Monterey, Big Sur and the California coast, stands in Monterey.

An overcast sky makes for a dramatic oceanside scene on the Pacific coastline.

Seaside cliffs fade into a cloudy background along Big Sur Coast Highway.

This shot shows coastline looking toward Pebble Beach.

A couple watches the surf pound the rocks on 17 Mile Drive near Carmel.