Leaving Carmel

On the twisting and winding journey along the coast road we passed many beaches and many breath taking cliff tops as well as some interesting wildlife.

We passed the very famous Big Sur. This is just a little off the coastal area and is a river with a lot of forest surrounding the river and many camp sites. This is where we saw some wild turkeys crossing the road - we never did find out why the turkey crossed the road :)

We saw a colony of elephant seals - so near you could if foolish enough touch them! These seals were almost hunted to death but have now made such an amazing recovery that this colony alone has some 2000 members.

.....and so off to Morro Bay some 140 miles away.