John & Anne Wiley

2015/07/10

Morro to Piedras Blancas

Filed under: Coasting Adventure,Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,Random — John @ 06:21

In another way our Coasting trips often begin here at Morro Bay, because we don’t seem to fly beyond there unless going at least to Monterey.

6024 Good Morro

6024 Good Morro

There’s usually a softness about this place, often with the halo of cloud over the rock and the row of her Sisters lined up from blue bay into the gentle distance. Cutting across inland a little toward the hills above San Simeon we see smaller siblings like this standing silent among the trees where few will see more than a glance from afar.

6002 Sibling Rock

6002 Sibling Rock

Then our trusty Tripp dutifully lofts us up for a glance at Hearst Castle. Renovations and drought have converged to drain the iconic aquamarine pool where William’s parties once blared into the night.

5999 Hearst Castle

5999 Hearst Castle

We glide quietly past and back down to the beach where motorists pause to stroll between two parking lots and gaze at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery.

5965 Piedras Blancas Seals

5965 Piedras Blancas Seals

Then we look off past Point Piedras Blancas to what is for us properly the start of Big Sur, into the distance where flat meets mountains and brown yields to green.

5971 Past Pt. Piedras Blancas

5971 Past Pt. Piedras Blancas

2015/07/09

Coasting

Filed under: Coasting Adventure,Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 20:37

Now that the fire and oil crises have passed, my thoughts turn again to our glorious flight along the CA coast between Oceano and Pescadero. Would you like to fly along? Next to Oceano Airport we saw two worlds not far apart.

6132 Wheels

6132 Wheels

This first world is all about wheels and speed, but at the other end of the runway it’s all about hooves and slower times from a century ago.

6130 Hooves

6130 Hooves

Coasting to the North often starts with Pismo Beach with mountains and coast beckoning from beyond.

6125 Pismo Marker

6125 Pismo Marker

The beautiful Chapman Estate at the edge of town is now scene of local events, like the SLO Opera’s gathering that will contrast with this quiet moment.

6095 Chapman Estate

6095 Chapman Estate

Things open up more beyond Avila, with Morro Bay and over the Los Osos mudflats where we’ll soon get the first good look at the Big Sur coast.

6039 Los Osos Mud Fan

6039 Los Osos Mud Fan

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