Our first stop of the day was only a few miles south of Monterey, but we could have spent all day there. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve began with Whalers Cove and a delightful museum which is the oldest remaining building on the site. The area was used for a variety of functions - whaling; granite quarrying; coal shipping and abalone shell farming.
Then we went to Hidden Beach which was a geological marvel.The shells and pebbles were varied and fascinating and the rock formations showed a sudden change from sandstone to a succession of volcanic events. There were hollows filled with natural salt and pieces of jade.
We then set off properly down the Highway 1 making a variety of photo stops as we did the last time. We had lunch at Gorda - see Gordon by the sign! The next picture is the view we had to put up with whist we ate accompanied by a hummingbird.
Fear not - all these bones are washed up old age pensioners - naturally deceased!
Our last main stop before we got to Beulton and the Windmill Inn was the Elephant Seal Rookery in the shadow of Hearst Castle near San Simeon. They were amazingly big and very interesting to watch, especially when they started a bit of a punch up - Beachmaster Brian was victorious (bit of a film link there).
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