I hopped on a flight to head to Oahu for work. My flight connected through Los Angeles so I got a great view going down the Big Sur coast into LA.
Flying from Monterey to Los Angeles on the way to Hawaii
Riding with Brent and Jesi down to Big Sur
While Brent and Jesi were in town for our wedding, they rented a motorcycle and we all rode down to Big Sur on a nice little day trip. I was on my Honda Pacific Coast, as per usual. Brent rented a Kawasaki Ninja that they found to be a good bike.
Riding down to see the elephant seals
Another PCer came through Monterey on his way south on a rented bike so I tagged along with him all the way to the elephant seal vista point near San Simeon. We then went to Cambria for lunch before I turned back north.
On my way back north I encountered a significant headwind that was rapidly depleting my fuel supply. Rather than chance it getting to the next gas station in Big Sur, I pulled over in Gorda to fuel up. This is one of the most isolated gas stations in the Lower 48 and the price really shows the isolation. They were out of regular and plus but they still had premium at $8.499/gallon. This photo even ended up on some nightly news show because the price was so high. Such is life along the Big Sur coast.
