Wine, Scenic Views, and More Wine

This past weekend was our camping trip to Big Sur. We left on Thursday afternoon and drove to San Simeon where we stayed in a hotel for the night. We left early in order to arrive at the beach by sunset. However, a huge bank of clouds off shore prevented the sunset from being spectacular. In fact there was hardly a sunset at all. So instead to wandered around the beach looking for seals and we spotted a few. Then it was off to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant and some wine at the hot tub. We woke up early Friday morning to visit the Elephant Seals and drive up the PCH on a very overcast day. The sights were still nice, although not very picture worthy with the fog. So we kept going to Monterey and arrived in the late morning. We then visited some wine tasting rooms while we waited for our friends from San Francisco to arrive. We later met them on Cannery Row and had lunch. Then it was off to the foothills to a few more wine tasting rooms. Friday night we checked into our campsite, cooked dinner, and drank some wine. It was arelaly nice night. The campsite was okay although they were rather cramped and close. Saturday we woke up to go do some hiking and take in the sights. I of course took tons of photos. On sunday we ended up at Point Lobos State Reserve to hike a little bit and admire more of the coast. We go to see several seals there too. We parted ways in the afternoon. Dave and I drove the scenic way to get to the highway. Then stopped in Paso Robles to find a few of the open wineries. We ended up at two here, EOS and Tobin James. Tobin James was a lot of fun. Real relaxed and very good wines. Then we ate a picnic dinner and headed home.

More Big Sur photos.