Highway 1

I'm running short on superlatives. The highway 1 lived up to all narratives and more so because none of the books had described the colony of elephant seals .we came upon. Huge, ugly, ungraceful and smelly animals but ever so fascinating. We witnessed how the males grunted. How they battled for dominance. It beat any show on Animal planet. It was a day with lots of nature. We saw deer, wild turkey, humming birds and lots and lots of special, beautiful and colorful plants. And the redwood trail in Big Basin national forest came at the right time. The right time for getting out of the car and the right time for exploration. Meals were late both times we got to the place right before kitchen closed but what we got was good, healthy and mostly untried before. We were sceptic of the egg and bacon pizza in Big Sur but it turned out both good and substantial.