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We went down to Big Sur to hike up Soberanes Creek Canyon to see some redwoods. Then afterwards we stayed in Garrapata State Park and went out on the headlands to see the view of the Pacific Ocean. What a beautiful place!
We took a day trip up to Capitola and Seacliff State Beach where the concrete ship is located. One good storm will take that old pier out that goes to the wreck of the concrete ship.
The little condo development down on the beach in Capitola is amazing for the fact that it’s survived 100 years without being swept out to sea. The whole beachside area of Capitola looks like a strong winter could cause to become a new reef. At least up in Santa Cruz along their ocean road things are a bit less precarious.
I rode down to Parkfield on my Honda Pacific Coast to see the most geologically active (from an earthquake perspective) place in California. This bridge spans a creek that runs along the San Andreas Fault. The fault moves a few inches every year.
The little town of Parkfield is at the extreme southeast end of Monterey County and it takes a few hours from Monterey to reach. There is a back road over the mountains that is paved which I took. There’s another back road that’s gravel partway which I will need to try in a car — my road bike is not setup for gravel 😅.
The little restaurant and venue at Parkfield is quite good. In the summer I imagine this place is pretty hopping but in the late fall it was pretty quiet.
