17 Mile Drive

This is a famous drive that follows the Pebble Beach golf course for a while and then follows the rocky coastline, meandering through neighborhoods of multimillion dollar homes. At times you can’t decide whether to look at the stunning homes or look at the stunning scenery.

One of the landmarks is Bird Rock. The sea lions and sea otters are numerous, as well as loads of birds. The fog was thick the day we did this drive so we sat and waited quite a while for the fog to lift so we could get photos of the wildlife.

While we waited Zoe and I walked along the foot path and found stairs down to the beach. The piles of seaweed were enormous. It wasn’t the kind of beach that you would bring a blanket and lay out. It smelled yucky from all the seaweed and the shoreline is rocky with huge boulders. There are signs everywhere warning people to stay off the rocks in case the ocean decides to throw up some giant waves.

This tree is 250 years old and probably the most photographed tree in the world.

Those are the highlights. If we hadn’t been fighting the weather … the fog kept lifting and then getting heavy and did that until late in the afternoon.

We stopped at the ORD Commissary on the way home. The army base is not there anymore, just the commissary. Unexpectedly it was extremely well stocked (even had sushi!) and the prices were incredibly good.

Tomorrow we leave for Petaluma Coast Guard Station. We have had a wonderful time here. There is much to see and do in this area and the weather has been fantastic.