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| Bixby Bridge and the California coast. |
I had heard people wax nostalgic about driving the
California coast many times, saying it was the most beautiful road trip they
had ever taken. I always wondered what
part they meant because my California coastal drive experiences hadn’t blown me
away. Many of the routes along the
California coast are shielded from the ocean by land masses, trees, or towns,
and the parts that do have ocean views are very pretty, but didn’t evoke the
strong feelings stirred in these other travelers. I had driven the coast from San Diego to Paso
Robles and from Oregon to San Francisco.
But what I hadn’t done was drive the California coast highway through
Big Sur, the 90-mile stretch between Carmel and San Simeon, at least not until
we recently took a road trip along this stunning portion of the California
coast. It was during this drive that I
saw the light and realized that yes, California does in fact have one of the
best coastal drives in the world.