Mary Lynn and I moved from Morris Bay to the Santa Cruz area. We are camped among the redwoods in Felten, California which is 6 mile outside of Santa Cruz, but you would never know that from our campsite.
Santa Cruz is a sun drenched stretch of California beach about an hour south of San Francisco. Home to the more ‘free spirited’ members of California’s eclectic citizens. Beach volleyball, wind surfing, surfing, and biking are the normal pastimes from Santa Cruz’s residents.
And yet, just a few mile north of town, the Redwood giants have unimaginably large bases and climb to impossible heights.
Not too far from our campground is Roaring Camp Railroad, which take you thru virgins stands of California Redwoods. Up until 100 years ago or so all of the mountains in this area were covered in Redwoods. Once logging began they clear cut everything in sight. San Francisco has an unquenchable need for wood, which exploded after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Another day we drove down route 1 thru Big Sur. Spectacular coastal scenery although the weather did not cooperate much that day.
Most of the vistas are breathtaking although always challenging to capture when overcast.
Nevertheless MLA & I had a long relaxing drive along Big Sur.
Beautiful!
See Ya!
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