Each evening on this California leg of our trip, we book our hotels only one night ahead. We found this wonderful beach town by accident when looking for a hotel for the night of February 4th.
What a Gem of a town.
Thank you Trip Gods!
And then you turn around to see
~Morro Rock~
Morro Rock is a 581-foot (177 m)[1] volcanic plug located just offshore from Morro Bay, California and is one of 13 volcanic, intrusive units that form volcanic plug, lava domes, and sheetlike intrusions. A volcanic plug or neck is formed when magma from an existing volcano solidifies in the pipe or neck and the surrounding sediment is eroded away.
Morro Rock is the best known of the Nine Sisters of San Luis Obispo County, a series of ancient volcanic plugs that line the Los Osos Valley between the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo.
It was one of many local landmarks to be mentioned in "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1978 song
"Take Me Down."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morro_Rock
Tiny people on bottom left |
View from our hotel window |
Americana near our hotel Victorian Cast Iron Mailbox's |
I find it very interesting that the Volcano feel away leaving only the Plug
Other Volcanic Plug Rocks include:
Other Volcanic Plug Rocks include:
Shiprock in Northwestern New Mexico - See Blog date: January 22,2015
Cabezon Peak in Northern New Mexico,
Cabezon Peak in Northern New Mexico,
El Captain or Agathla in the Monument Valley area of Arizona
Devils Tower in Northeastern Wyoming
Church Valconic Plug in Le Puy, France
Saing-Michel d'Aiguilhe Chapel built in 926AD in Le Puy-En-Veley France
Weavers Needle Superstition Mountains of Wyoming
http://travellogs.us/Miscellaneous/Geology/Volcanic%20plugs/Volcanic%20Plugs.htm
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Diving north toward the Big Sur area of California, we passed beautiful vistas and incredible views of the ocean. We decided not to stop at the famous Hurst Castle but did stop often when interesting signs caught our attention!
Signs such as:
Elephant Seals
Piedras Blancas, California
"January: Female elephant seals continue to arrive on the shoreline.
Peak of births usually are the last half of the month!
February: Elephant Seal Births continue. The peak of mating is around Valentines day. "
and we are here February 5th.
Sparring |
Flipping the sand |
Cutie pie! |
Watching the little bird |
"Hunted nearly to extenction for their oil-rich blubber,elephant seals have made a remarkable comback. Protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, they are expanding their range outward from remote islands and are now colonizing selected mainland beaches such as Piedras Blancas in the southern range of Big Sur." http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/elephant-seals.html
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We continued north toward Big Sur
I love seeing the highway ribbon running along the side of the Mountain |
Lots of fog this day covering tops of Mountains and vistas |
Driving by this rock was really very Scarey! |
Entering Big Sur
From Ragged Point, California, where the Lucian mountains raise above the Pacific Ocean
to Carmel, California
The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande",
meaning "the big south"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur
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~ Another Sign that caught our eye ~
We had a very nice lunch in this very sweet roadside stop.
Gorda ~ Southern End of Big Sur
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Pitkins Curve Bidge and Rock Shed - South Big Sur
Looking through the rear window and the north side |
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Big Creek Bridge and long view ~ Big Sur
Double arched concreat bridge on Route 1 of the Pacific Coast Highway was built in 1937. My photographs were taken from the south to north view
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